Máté Kocsis
Máté Kocsis | |
---|---|
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 8 May 2018 | |
In office 14 May 2010 – 5 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hungary | 6 May 1981
Political party | MIÉP (1998–1999) Fidesz (since 2006) |
Spouse | Dr. Szilvia Márkus |
Children | Kristóf |
Profession | Jurist, Politician, Sports Administrator |
Máté Kocsis (born 6 May 1981)
Biography
He graduated from the Calvinist Secondary Grammar School of Lónyay Street in 1999. He received his Juris Doctor degree at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in 2004. He participated in the joint graduate school of the Századvég Political School and the Corvinus University of Budapest as a policy expert between 2004 and 2006.[1]
He was a member of the far-right Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) between 1998 and 1999. According to himself, his membership lasted 2 or 3 months.[3][4]
Kocsis was delegated to the Budapest Electoral Commission by the Fidesz during the 2006 Hungarian parliamentary election. He was elected to the General Assembly of Józsefváros in the 2006 Hungarian local elections. He served as a Deputy Mayor of Józsefváros and leader of the Fidesz group from 2006 to 2009. He also became a member of the General Assembly of Budapest in 2006. He served as Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Committee on Law and Procedure.[1] Béla Csécsei, the Mayor of Józsefváros, resigned from his position for health reasons in 2009.[5] Kocsis was elected mayor during a by-election on 22 November 2009. As a result he resigned from his seat in the General Assembly of Budapest.[1]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Józsefváros in the
Due to the new conflict of interest rules, Kocsis did not run in the 2014 parliamentary election. He was re-elected as mayor of Józsefváros during the 2014 local elections. He became councilor for local government and law enforcement in the General Assembly of Budapest. He was appointed president of his party's Budapest branch in October 2015.[7] He also served as communication director of the Fidesz from December 2012 to 1 September 2016.[8]
Kocsis returned to national politics, when he was elected a Member of Parliament for Józsefváros during the 2018 parliamentary election. As a result, he resigned as mayor on 17 April.[9] Kocsis was elected leader of the Fidesz caucus in the national assembly. He was also appointed chairman of the Defence and Internal Security Committee for the second time.[2]
Controversies
In November 2011, the General Assembly of Józsefváros passed decrees against the
A year after the announcement of the "law enforcement action", there were still many homeless people on the street. The office of the infringement was closed. According to some residents, the authorities were dispatched to collect the homeless people.[11]
In January 2013, after an
The article was written after the murder of the Romani boxer Gergely Sávoly, and stated that a "considerable proportion of the gypsies are not fit to live among people. They are animals. These animals should certainly not exist...[12][13]
In December 2014, Kocsis attracted international attention by proposing mandatory annual drug tests for children between the ages of 12 and 18, politicians and journalists.[14]
In May 2015, liberal politician and LGBT activist Klára Ungár claimed that Kocsis is homosexual. Kocsis countered her comment, stating "I am not gay", and he sued Ungár.[15] Although he won the lawsuit at first instance,[16] he lost at second instance, as the court stated Kocsis did not argue why the incorrect statement was offensive.[17] In Ungár's initial accusation, Kocsis' name appeared alongside that of József Szájer,[18] a Fidesz MEP who was later caught escaping a gay sex orgy held in Brussels in violation of Belgian COVID-19 regulations on the night of 27 November 2020.[19]
References
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ Hazudott a MIÉP-tagságáról a Fidesz polgármester-jelöltje, Fideszfigyelő, 2009. november 20.
- ^ [1] Origo: "Kocsis 2006-ban került a józsefvárosi képviselőtestületbe, illetve a fővárosi közgyűlésbe a Fidesz tagjaként. 2006 előtt a Környezetvédelmi Unió nevű civil szervezet elnöke volt, korábban pedig a MIÉP ifjúsági szervezetének volt a tagja."
- Index.hu. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "Governing party calls for committee to examine circumstances of Gyöngyöspata tension". Politics.hu. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- Index, 2015-10-28.
- ^ Mozgósítja aktivistáit a Fidesz, Magyar Idők, 2016-09-03
- ^ "Lemondott Kocsis Máté, időközi választás lesz Józsefvárosban – Huppa.hu". huppa.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Multiple arrests at sit-down demonstration against Budapest mayor's anti-homeless decrees". Politics.hu. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ "Legyőzte a hajléktalanok serege a keménykedő polgármestert" (in Hungarian). Origo.hu. 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ^ Deutsche Welle. Moving right in Hungary
- ^ Der Spiegel. Blurring Boundaries: Hungarian Leader Adopts Policies of Far-Right
- ^ "Hungary Mayor Wants Drug Tests for 12-18 Year Olds". ABC News. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ "Pride a Nagybani piacon". C-Pont. 2015-05-30.
- ^ "Megsértették Kocsis Mátét, a fideszes politikus nem homoszexuális". Origo. 2015-10-30.
- ^ "Kimondták: nem sértette Kocsis Máté jó hírnevét, ha melegnek nevezték". HVG. 2016-06-16.
- ^ Gábor, Czene (2015-05-20). ""Viktorka rekedt hangon hablatyol"". NOL.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ Than, Krisztina; Blenkinsop, Philip (2020-12-02). "Hungarian deputy quits Fidesz after Brussels scandal, Orban says his acts 'indefensible'". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2020-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-02.