István Bebes

István Bebes
Member of the National Assembly
In office
18 June 1998  5 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1956-03-24) 24 March 1956
Körmend, Hungary
Political party Fidesz
Profession politician
The native form of this personal name is Bebes István Géza. This article uses the Western name order.

István Géza Bebes (born March 24, 1956)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Vas County Regional List between 1998 and 2014.[2] He is the Mayor of Körmend since 2002.[1]

Career

István Bebes joined Fidesz in 1990. He was elected as an individual candidate of Körmend in the 1990 local elections. He ran again in 1994, this time unsuccessfully. In 1998 he was again elected on the representative body of Körmend. He has been president of the Körmend party branch since 1995.[1] He has been on the presidium of the party's Vas County Board since 1996 and in 1997 he was elected on the National Board of Fidesz. After the transformation into a people's party in 2003-2004, he was awarded the chairmanship of the Körmend constituency.[2]

From the 1998 elections he secured a seat four times from the Vas County regional list of Fidesz He was elected mayor of Körmend four times in the local elections in 2002, 2006, 2010 and also in 2014.[2]

Bebes served as a member of the Local Government and Urban Development Committee between 2006 and 2010. Since May 14, 2010 he participated in the works of Committee on European Affairs.[2]

Public life

He presided over BC MARC-Körmend Basketball Club from 1996 to 1999, and has been a member of the Technical Committee of the Hungarian Basketball Federation since 1997.[1]

References

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