Béla Kovács (politician, 1960)

The native form of this personal name is Kovács Béla. This article uses the Western name order.
Béla Kovács
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
14 May 2010
Personal details
Born 25 February 1960
Budapest, Hungary Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Political party Jobbik - Movement for a Better Hungary
Spouse(s) Svetlana Istohina
Occupation Politician

Béla Kovács (born 25 February 1960 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the Jobbik - Movement for a Better Hungary, after his predecessor, Zoltán Balczó was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary.

He was elected President of the Alliance of European National Movements (AENM) on 17 December 2013, replacing Bruno Gollnisch.

The Hungarian government has accused Kovács of spying for the Russian government against European Union institutions. In September 2014, the Hungarian public prosecutor asked the European Parliament to suspend Kovács's MEP immunity so that he could be investigated.[1] The European Parliament lifted the immunity on October 14, 2015.[2] Béla Kovács’s Russian father served in the military and his son has been 'known to the KGB almost from the day he was born.'[3]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Jobbik spy case stuck in Brussels
  2. ↑ "Parliament lifts Hungarian MEP's immunity over Russia spy probe". EurActiv. AFP. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ↑ index.hu
Party political offices
Preceded by
Bruno Gollnisch		 President of the Alliance of European National Movements
2013– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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