Richárd Hörcsik

Dr. Richárd Hörcsik (born December 23, 1955)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Sátoraljaújhely (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Constituency X then V) since 1998.[2] He was also a Member of Parliament from the MDF Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Regional List between 1990 and 1994. He served as Mayor of Sárospatak from 2006 to 2010.[2]

Richárd Hörcsik
Mayor of Sárospatak
In office
1 October 2006 – 3 October 2010
Preceded byGábor Jánosdeák
Succeeded byJános Aros
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
18 June 1998
In office
2 May 1990 – 27 June 1994
Personal details
Born (1955-12-23) 23 December 1955
Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary
Political partyFidesz (since 1998)
Other political
affiliations		MDF
Professionpolitician
The native form of this personal name is dr. Hörcsik Richárd. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Political career

In 1990 he secured a seat from the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Regional List of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF). During the same term he was a member of the Delegation to the Council of Europe. In 1994 he unsuccessfully ran to secure a seat in the parliament.[1]

In 1998 and 2002 he managed to secure a seat again as an individual representative for Constituency X, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County. Since 2000 he served as a vice chairman of the Committee on European Integration.[2] At the October 2002 municipal elections he became a member of the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Assembly. In the course of the development of the organisational structure of Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Union in 2003, he was charged with heading the Debrecen constituency. Upon the invitation of parliamentary faction leader János Áder, at the beginning of September 2004 he took over the chair of the integration cabinet from József Szájer, who had been elected member of the European Parliament.[1] He was elected MP for Sátoraljaújhely in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 elections. He is the current Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs since May 14, 2010.[2]

References
  1. "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. "Register". Országgyűlés.
Political offices
Preceded by
Gábor Jánosdeák		 Mayor of Sárospatak
2006–2010		 Succeeded by
János Aros
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