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István Tarlós

István Tarlós
Tarlós István October 2010.jpg
István Tarlós after the election to his first term
Mayor of Budapest
Assumed office
3 October 2010
Preceded by Gábor Demszky
Faction leader of Fidesz in Budapest
In office
1 October 2006 – 3 October 2010
Preceded by András Kupper
Succeeded by Zoltán Németh
Mayor of Óbuda-Békásmegyer
Third district of Budapest
In office
30 September 1990 – 1 October 2006
Preceded by Imre Kiss
(Chairman of the Council)
Succeeded by Balázs Bús
Personal details
Born (1948-05-26) 26 May 1948 (age 68)
Budapest, Hungary
Political party Alliance of Free Democrats (1989–1994)
Independent (since 1994)
Spouse(s) Cecília Nagy (1973–present)
Children 3
Alma mater Budapest University of Technology and Economics (M.Sc)
Profession Politician, Engineer
Religion Roman Catholicism
Website Personal website

István Tarlós (pronounced [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈtɒrloːʃ]; 26 May 1948 in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician, who is the current Mayor of Budapest since 2010. Previously he served as the Mayor of the Third District (Óbuda-Békásmegyer) of the city between 1990 and 2006 (as an independent candidate). Since 2006 he was the Chairman of the FideszChristian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) Fraction-Alliance in the General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest, and served as the political leader of the initiative "Social Referendum 2008".

István Tarlós was born on 26 May 1948 in Budapest as the son of Dr. István Tarlós, Sr., a lawyer and Hilda Dienes, a chief accountant, both worked for the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. According to himself, he came from a civic-minded, religious family. He graduated from Árpád High School's Humanities Department. He then started to work as an unskilled laborer before he faced conscription and joined the military in Orosháza. Tarlós completed the Technical University in Budapest and received his Civil Engineer Diploma later. He then post-graduated in Finance and Organization from Ybl Miklós Technical College.

Tarlós worked for 15 years in the Building Industry mostly in investor and contractor tasks. Among the companies he worked for were Vasútépítő Vállalat, FŐBER, ÉM, Mélyépítő Vállalat, KKMV, IKV Budapest III. In his civil engineer career Tarlós worked in many positions such as foreman, deputy construction leader, construction leader, technical controller and head of production department. In the early 1990s Tarlós launched his own architect studio with wife.

He is married since 1973, his wife Cecília Nagy is a civil engineer. Tarlós has three grown up children and six grandchildren.

Tarlós wasn't active in politics before the political change of the 1990s. He first entered politics by becoming a member of the anti-communist Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) in 1989. He then, supported by SZDSZ and Fidesz, became Budapest District III (Óbuda-Békásmegyer) Mayor in 1990.


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