János Fónagy
János Fónagy | |
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Minister of Transport and Water Management | |
In office 1 December 2000 – 27 May 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
Preceded by | László Nógrádi |
Succeeded by | István Csillag (Economy and Transport) Mária Kóródi (Environment) |
Personal details | |
Born | Budapest, Hungary | 11 July 1942
Political party | Fidesz (since 1993) |
Other political affiliations | MSZMP (until 1985) |
Spouse | Ágnes Tábori |
Children | 1 |
Profession | Jurist |
Dr. János Vilmos Fónagy (born 11 July 1942)[1] is a Hungarian jurist, economist and politician, who served as Minister of Transport and Water Management between 2000 and 2002.[2] He was Parliamentary State Secretary for National Development between 2 June 2010 and 17 May 2018.[2]
Biography
Personal life and early career
Fónagy was born into a Jewish family in 1942.
He finished in the Transportation Department of a Technical School of Economics in 1960. After acquiring a certificate in
Political career
Before the
Fónagy
He was re-elected from the Fidesz Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Regional List in April 2002. He had been deputy chairman of the Economic Committee during the 2002-2006 term.[2] He was re-elected to the County Assembly in the local elections held in autumn. In the general elections held in 2006, he was elected from Budapest Regional List. He was a member of the Economic and Information Technology Committee from 2006 to 2010.[2]
János Fónagy was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary for National Development after the elections in 2010, under minister Tamás Fellegi.[4] On 1 May 2012 he was appointed Government Commissioner responsible for the conversion of public transport for one-year term.[5] Fónagy was re-elected MP for Hegyvidék, 12th district of Budapest (Budapest Constituency III) in the 2014 parliamentary election.[2] He was elected MP via his party's national list in the 2018 parliamentary election. Subsequently, he became a state secretary of the Hungarian Government Office on 22 May 2018.[2]
Feud with Előd Novák
During the amendments to the bill on churches in 2011, János Fónagy proposed acknowledging the Sim Shalom Progressive Jewish Congregation as an established church. In the final parliamentary debate, on 11 July 2011, Jobbik MP Előd Novák caused a stir by exclaiming "what else could be expected" from Fónagy than that proposal. János Lázár, leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group, asked Novák to apologize, which he declined to do.
Fónagy responded he did not expect Novák to apologize, as the Jobbik politician only said the same thing his "spiritual role models" had said. The state secretary added the reason there were few people in the Dohány Street Synagogue was that there were 600,000 people missing from the country, as Novák's "spiritual role models created this situation there." Fónagy asked the Jobbik MP not to blame the Jewish community for being small. Gábor Vona, chairman and faction leader of Jobbik, said Novák's comments were "excusable" in the heat of the debate, as was Fónagy's comment when he called the 850,000 voters of Jobbik "descendants of murderers."[6]
Personal life
He is married. His wife is Dr Ágnes Fónagyné Tábori. They have a child.[7]
He is of Jewish descent, but he states that he is
References
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ Gondola.hu
- ^ A köztársasági elnök 180/2010. (VI. 2.) KE határozata. In.: Magyar Közlöny. 2010. évi 90. sz., 21371. p.
- ^ "Fónagy János kormánybiztosként irányítja a közösségi közlekedés megújítását". Magyarország Kormányának honlapja. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Gov't, speaker say planning strict sanctions on MPs following debate over ethnic slurs in Parliament". Politics.hu. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ DR. FÓNAGY JÁNOS - FIDESZ - 2015-ÖS VAGYONNYILATKOZAT - January 27, 2016
- ^ János Fónagy - DÉDSZÜLEIM IS MAGYAROK VOLTAK
Sources
- ISSN 1787-288X