Béla Kovács (politician, 1960)

Béla Kovács (born 25 February 1960) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary between 2010 and 2019. He is a former member of Jobbik, he left the party in 2016.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Kovács Béla. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Béla Kovács

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office
10 May 2010 – 1 July 2019
ConstituencyHungary
Personal details
Born (1960-02-25) 25 February 1960
Budapest, Hungary
Political party Hungarian:
Independent
 EU:
Non-Inscrits
Spouse(s)Svetlana Istoshina
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Budapest

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.[2] The European Parliament lifted the immunity on October 14, 2015.[3] 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.'[4]

References
  1. "Statement of Jobbik on AENM". jobbik.com. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  2. "Jobbik spy case stuck in Brussels". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
  3. "Parliament lifts Hungarian MEP's immunity over Russia spy probe". EurActiv. AFP. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. 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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