Dr. József Kovács (born 15 July 1951)
is a Hungarian physician and politician,
member of the National Assembly (MP) for
Gyula (
Békés County
Békés (, , ) is an administrative division (county or ''vármegye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital ...
Constituency II then III) since 2010.
Kovács is the current Vice President of the Hungarian Red Cross since 2008. He was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Health since 14 May 2010.
He was elected Chairman of the Committee on Health, when
István Mikola, then Chairman, was appointed Hungarian Ambassador to the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; , OCDE) is an international organization, intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and international trade, wor ...
(OECD), and resigned from his parliamentary seat on 28 February 2011.
He was elected Vice Chairman of the Committee on Welfare following the
2014 parliamentary election.
Personal life
He is married and has three children.
Fidesz-KDNP
- Népszabadság
''Népszabadság'' (; ) was a major Hungarian newspaper which was formerly the official press organ of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party during the Hungarian People's Republic. Before its closure, ''Népszabadság'' was considered the '' d ...
References
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1951 births
Living people
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)
People from Bács-Kiskun County
20th-century Hungarian physicians