János Herbst

János Herbst (8 August 1956 – 19 November 2015)[1] was a Hungarian politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Tolna County Regional List of Fidesz between 1998 and 2002. He worked in the Committee on Tourism and its two subcommittees during that time.[2]

János Herbst
Member of the National Assembly
In office
18 June 1998 – 14 May 2002
Personal details
Born(1956-08-08)8 August 1956
Pécs, Hungary
Died19 November 2015(2015-11-19) (aged 59)
Political partyFidesz (1990–2015)
Professionfootballer, politician
The native form of this personal name is Herbst János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He joined Fidesz in 1990. He was a representative in the Dombóvár local government from 1990 to 1994. He presided over his party's branch in Dombóvár between 1994 and 1999. He failed to seat a mandate in the 2002 parliamentary election. After that he worked again in the representative body of Dombóvár until 2006.

He was also a former professional footballer in his youth who played for Pécsi VSK based in Pécs. On 14 June 1980, he made his debut and only appearance in the Hungarian first division against Dunaújváros FC.[3]

Herbst died suddenly on 19 November 2015, aged 59.[4]

References
  1. "Biography". valasztas.hu.
  2. "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. Herbst János Stats and Results Archived 2015-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, nela.hu (in Hungarian)
  4. Elhunyt a Fidesz egyik volt országgyűlési képviselője (in Hungarian)

Sources
  • "Herbst János". In MTI Ki kicsoda 2009 (ed. Hermann, Péter). Budapest, Magyar Távirati Iroda, 2008. p. 451.
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