Imre Iváncsik

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Imre Iváncsik
Member of the National Assembly
In office
28 June 1994 – 5 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1956-06-29) 29 June 1956 (age 67)
Hungary
Political partyMSZMP (1976–89)
MSZP (since 1989)
Other political
affiliations
KISZ (1972–89)
Professionfood engineer, politician

Imre Iváncsik (born 29 June 1956)

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Constituency III) and from 2006 to 2010 (Constituency IV). He was also a Member of Parliament from the national list of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) from 2002 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2014. He served as Secretary of State for Defence between 2002 and 2007.[2]

He is a member of the Hungarian Mycological Society since 1989.[1]

Career

Iváncsik was born in

regime change", he became a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) and was elected to the national board. He became the chairman of its branch in Szolnok, serving in this capacity from 1991 to 1995. Currently he is the chairman of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County branch.[1]

He participated in the

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County General Assembly, where he was elected President (serving in this capacity until 1998).[1] Iváncsik worked in the Defence Committee from 1994 to 1996 and from 1998 to 2002. He was an observer in the Assembly of the Western European Union from 1995 to 1996.[1] Iváncsik was re-elected MP in the 1998 parliamentary election; he became a member of the Regional Development Committee too.[2]

Following the Socialists' victory at the 2002 parliamentary election, Iváncsik was appointed Secretary of State for Defence, serving under minister Ferenc Juhász. He held the position until 30 June 2007, when he was replaced by Ágnes Vadai. In the same time, Iváncsik became assistant secretary of state to György Szilvásy, who served as Minister without portfolio for Civilian Intelligence Services. He functioned in this capacity until the 2010 parliamentary election, when MSZP lost.[2] Iváncsik secured a parliamentary seat from his party's national list and was elected vice-chairman of the Defense and Law Enforcement Committee.[2] He unsuccessfully ran for individual seat in Szolnok during the 2014 parliamentary election, but was defeated by Ildikó Bene (Fidesz). Consequently, he lost his mandate after 20 years.

References

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