István Pálfi
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István Pálfi (23 September 1966,
Berettyóújfalu Berettyóújfalu is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in center of the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary, near the border with Romania. It is strategically located, being 35 km south of Debrecen, the second largest city in Hungary, ...
– 15 July 2006, Berettyóújfalu) was a Hungarian
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(MEP) with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the
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. He sat on the
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's
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and its
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. Pálfi was a substitute for the Committee on Budgets and a member of the Delegation to the EU-
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Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. He died after a long illness in his home town.


Personal life

He was married. His wife was Anikó Pálfiné Pántya.Pálfi István vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február
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Education

* 2002: Personnel Manager, University of Pécs * International Relations Department, Budapest University of Economics (university leaving certificate, state examination in progress)


Career

* 1994-1996: Various posts with tourism firms * since 1996: Adult education and employment programmes * since 1993: Berettyóújfalu town chairman of the FIDESZ party * 1995-1996 and 1998-2000: Vice-Chairman of the regional steering committee, Hajdú-Bihar region * 2000-2002: delegate, national steering committee * Deputy Mayor, Berettyóújfalu * 1998-2002: Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee, Hajdú-Bihar Regional Authority * 1999-2002: Member of the Northern Great Plain Regional Development Council, Chairman of the Human Resources Working Committee * 2002-2004: Member of the Hungarian Parliament, member, Social and Family Affairs Committee, Chairman of the Supervisory Subcommittee


See also

* 2004 European Parliament election in Hungary


References


External links


EU Parliament page of István Pálfi
* 1966 births 2006 deaths Fidesz politicians Fidesz MEPs Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006) MEPs for Hungary 2004–2009 Corvinus University of Budapest alumni People from Berettyóújfalu {{Hungary-MEP-stub