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 politician
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and
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
(MEP) with the
Hungarian Civic Party, part of the
European People's Party
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. He sat on the
European Parliament
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's
Committee on Budgetary Control
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and its
Committee on Regional Development
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.
Pálfi was a substitute for the
Committee on Budgets and a member of the Delegation to the
EU-
Ukraine
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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.
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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
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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
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