Károly Pánczél

He joined Fidesz in 1990 and was active as a member of the Education Policy Working Group. He was also elected to the Pest County Board of the party in 1993. He has been on the National Board of the party since 1995. After the structural transformation of Fidesz he was appointed president of the Ráckeve constituency. He was elected to the General Assembly of Gyál in the local elections of September–October 1990. He chaired the Committee on Education and Culture until he was elected deputy mayor in 1993. He held the position until 2014.[1]

He was a candidate in the general election in April 1994. He was elected incumbent representative to the County Assembly in the local elections in December 1994.[1] In 1998 he was elected MP from the party's Pest County Regional List. He was re-elected as a local representative and deputy mayor in Gyál in October 1998. He was elected deputy head of the Gyál branch of Fidesz the same year. He secured a seat for Ráckeve in the parliamentary election in 2002. After the inauguration of the new Parliament on 15 May he continued to work in the Education and Science Committee. He was elected to the Gyál City Assembly for the fourth time on 20 October. In the parliamentary election held in 2006, he was elected from the Pest county Regional List. He was a member of the Committee on Education and Science from June 25, 1998 to May 5, 2014.[2] He is the President of the National Cohesion Committee since June 23, 2014.[2]

He is married. His wife is Judit Pánczélné Vinnai. They have a daughter, Judit.[3]