István Simicskó
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István Simicskó MP |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 10 September 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
| Preceded by | Csaba Hende |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 18 June 1998 |
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29 November 1961 Tiszalök, Hungary |
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| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Politician |
István Simicskó (born 29 November 1961) is a Hungarian politician of the governing Fidesz–KDNP coalition. He has been a Member of the National Assembly since 1998, and the nation's Minister of Defence since 10 September 2015.
Simicskó was born in Tiszalök, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County on 29 November 1961. He finished his secondary studies at the Jedlik Ányos Secondary Grammar School of Csepel in 1980. He earned a degree in business economics at the College of Commerce, Catering and Tourism in 1985. Between 1999 and 2002, he was educated at the Eötvös Loránd University, where he became a Doctor of law. Simicskó obtained his PhD degree (military sciences) at the Zrínyi Miklós National Defence University (by now integrated into the National University of Public Service) in 2009.
Simicskó is married and father of three children. He had been a member of the Hungarian Association of Military Science (MHTT) since 1993. He is also involved in the Association of Hungarian Reservists (MATASZ) since 2001. He teaches at the National University of Public Service since 2010. Simicskó is a practitioner of the Wing Chun, a concept-based Chinese martial art, where he achieved the 4th master level.
He joined Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) in 1991 and served as leader of the party's branch in Kispest from 1994 to 1996. After the party's decline and disintegration, he left KDNP at the end of 1996 and joined the strengthening right-wing Fidesz party.
Simicskó was elected lawmaker from the Budapest regional list of the Fidesz in the 1998 parliamentary election. He became Vice-Chairman of the Committee of National Defence, a position which he had held until 2006 with short interrupts. After Hungary joining the NATO in 1999, he was delegated to the Defence and Security Committee of the organization's Parliamentary Assembly. He served as Political State Secretary for Ervin Demeter, the Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services, from 3 May 2000 to 27 May 2002, during the First Orbán Cabinet.
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