Sándor Fazekas
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Sándor Fazekas MP |
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| Minister of Rural Development | |
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In office 29 May 2010 – 6 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
| Preceded by |
József Gráf (Agriculture and Rural Development) |
| Succeeded by |
himself (Agriculture) |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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Assumed office 7 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
| Preceded by |
himself (Rural Development) |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2006 |
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In office 18 June 1998 – 14 May 2002 |
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3 May 1963 Karcag, Hungary |
| Political party | Fidesz |
| Spouse(s) | Irén Kardalus |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | jurist, politician |
Sándor Fazekas (born 3 May 1963) is a Hungarian jurist and politician. He has been Minister of Rural Development since 2010 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He served as mayor of his hometown, Karcag between 1990 and 2010.
He attended elementary school in Kenderes and secondary school in Kisújszállás. He graduated cum laude as a lawyer from the Faculty of Law of the University of Szeged. After graduation, he worked as a legal adviser for SZIM Karcag Machice Factory joint-stock company.
He served as mayor of Karcag between 1990 and 2010. He was a member of the General Assembly of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County between 1994 and 1998 and since 2002 as a faction leader of the Fidesz. He was working as a Member of Parliament and a deputy parliamentary group leader of the Fidesz between 1998 and 2002. He was a vice-president of local government section of the party. He also functioned as a representative of the local government of Karcag, working in an individual constituency. He was elected MP from the party's Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Regional List in the 2006 parliamentary election. He was a member of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Audit Office. He was elected MP from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Regional List again in the 2010 parliamentary election.
During his ministerial term, a new land law was developed and passed on 21 June 2013. Pro-government MPs passed a controversial new land law amid raucous protests in Parliament and the resignation of József Ángyán, a high-profile lawmaker from the governing party. The protesting MPs, led by Jobbik head Gábor Vona, were ordered by Deputy Speaker of Parliament János Latorcai to vacate the lectern, but they refused, leading to a delay in the session and the exclusion of the protesters from the vote.
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