Lajos Kósa (born 14 March 1964)[1] is a Hungarian politician, who served as Mayor of Debrecen between 1998 and 2014.[2] He has been a Member of Parliament since 1990.[2]
Kósa was appointed one of the four Vice Presidents of the Fidesz party in 2007, alongside Ildikó Pelczné Gáll, Zoltán Pokorni and Mihály Varga. He also secured an individual mandate during the parliamentary election in 2010. He retained his membership of the Local Government and Urban Development Committee.[2] He was nominated First or Managing Vice President of Fidesz, after Party President Viktor Orbán was appointed Prime Minister of Hungary on 14 May 2010.
He was appointed leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group on 1 October 2015. He became minister without portfolio responsible for the Modern Cities Program on 2 October 2017,[3] holding the position until 18 May 2018.
A huge scandal broke out in March 2018 involving Lajos Kósa and 4,3 billion euros.[4][5][6]
In November 2021 Mr. Kósa was the first Hungarian senior official who acknowledged that the country's Interior Ministry purchased and used military-grade spyware Pegasus.[7] Government of Viktor Orbán is accused of using it to spy on members of media as well as Hungarian opposition.
lajos, kósa, native, form, this, personal, name, kósa, lajos, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, born, march, 1964, hungarian, politician, served, mayor, debrecen, between, 1998, 2014, been, member, parliament, since, 199. The native form of this personal name is Kosa Lajos This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Lajos Kosa born 14 March 1964 1 is a Hungarian politician who served as Mayor of Debrecen between 1998 and 2014 2 He has been a Member of Parliament since 1990 2 Lajos KosaMPMinister without Portfoliofor the development of towns with county rightsIn office 2 October 2017 18 May 2018Prime MinisterViktor OrbanLeader of the Fidesz parliamentary groupIn office 1 October 2015 1 October 2017Preceded byAntal RoganSucceeded byGergely GulyasMayor of DebrecenIn office 18 October 1998 12 October 2014Preceded byJozsef HevessySucceeded byLaszlo PappMember of the National AssemblyIncumbentAssumed office 2 May 1990First Vice President of the Fidesz partyIn office 13 May 2010 13 December 2015Personal detailsBorn 1964 03 14 14 March 1964 age 59 Debrecen HungaryPolitical partyFideszSpouseGyongyi PorkolabChildrenAnnaEszterLillaLeventeProfessionpoliticianThe native form of this personal name is Kosa Lajos This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Kosa was appointed one of the four Vice Presidents of the Fidesz party in 2007 alongside Ildiko Pelczne Gall Zoltan Pokorni and Mihaly Varga He also secured an individual mandate during the parliamentary election in 2010 He retained his membership of the Local Government and Urban Development Committee 2 He was nominated First or Managing Vice President of Fidesz after Party President Viktor Orban was appointed Prime Minister of Hungary on 14 May 2010 He was appointed leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group on 1 October 2015 He became minister without portfolio responsible for the Modern Cities Program on 2 October 2017 3 holding the position until 18 May 2018 A huge scandal broke out in March 2018 involving Lajos Kosa and 4 3 billion euros 4 5 6 In November 2021 Mr Kosa was the first Hungarian senior official who acknowledged that the country s Interior Ministry purchased and used military grade spyware Pegasus 7 Government of Viktor Orban is accused of using it to spy on members of media as well as Hungarian opposition Contents 1 Personal life 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPersonal life editHe is married His wife is Gyongyi Porkolab They have four children three daughters Anna Eszter and Lilla and a son Levente 8 See also editOvertime law hu known as the slave law References edit Biography PDF Orszaggyules a b c Register Orszaggyules Kosa Lajos hibatlanul letette az eskut Index hu 2 October 2017 Retrieved 2 October 2017 Hungarian Lawmaker Under Pressure Not to Run in April over Murky Bond Deal the New York Times The New York Times Archived from the original on 2018 03 14 Retrieved 2018 03 14 Bence Horvath 13 March 2018 Kosa Lajos Valosnak tuntek az iratok de nemetul voltak 444 Another day another Fidesz corruption scandal Lajos Kosa and the mysterious 4 35 billion euros 13 March 2018 Hungarian official Government bought used Pegasus spyware Associated Press Archived from the original on 2021 11 08 Retrieved 2021 11 14 Kft New Wave Media Group Kosa Lajos vagyonnyilatkozata 2003 februar External links editKosa Lajos eletrajza a Fidesz honlapjan Kosa Lajos orszaggyulesi adatlapja Kosa Lajos Debrecen hivatalos honlapjan permanent dead link Kosa Lajos Nem a piszoart kene mericskelni Interview in the Index hu website March 30 2010 Political officesPreceded byJozsef Hevessy Mayor of Debrecen1998 2014 Succeeded byLaszlo PappNational Assembly of HungaryPreceded byAntal Rogan Leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group2015 2017 Succeeded byGergely Gulyas Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lajos Kosa amp oldid 1165133115, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
