István Tarlós
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István Tarlós after the election to his first term
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| Mayor of Budapest | |
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Assumed office 3 October 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gábor Demszky |
| Faction leader of Fidesz in Budapest | |
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In office 1 October 2006 – 3 October 2010 |
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| Preceded by | András Kupper |
| Succeeded by | Zoltán Németh |
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Mayor of Óbuda-Békásmegyer Third district of Budapest |
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In office 30 September 1990 – 1 October 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Imre Kiss (Chairman of the Council) |
| Succeeded by | Balázs Bús |
| Personal details | |
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26 May 1948 Budapest, Hungary |
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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 Fidesz–Christian 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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