Erik Sándor Fülöp (born in

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, ) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in the Northern Great ...

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on July 21, 1982) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He was a member of parliament in National Assembly of Hungary (''Országgyűlés)''. He was elected into office in 2018. Between 2010 and 2018 he served as mayor of Tiszavasvár.

Early life

Fülöp was born on July 21, 1982, in

. Between 1994 and 2000, he attended the Váci Mihály High School in Tiszavasvár, where he graduated. From 2000 to 2005 he attended

University of Miskolc The University of Miskolc (before 1990: ''Technical University of Heavy Industry'') is the largest university of Northern Hungary. Location Most of the buildings can be found in Egyetemváros ("University Town"), a part of the city of Miskolc. ...

and studied law. He graduated

with a degree in law.

Career

Fülöp joined

Jobbik The Jobbik – Movement for a Better Hungary (, ), commonly known as Jobbik (), and previously known as Conservatives () between 2023 and 2024, is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Hungary, political party in Hungary. Ori ...

in 2010. Between 2010 and 2018, he was the mayor of Tiszavasvári, and from 2014 he was as representative of the

Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Assembly The Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Assembly () is the local legislative body of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County in the Northern Great Plain, in Hungary. Composition 2019–2024 period The Assembly elected at the 2019 Hungarian local elections, 201 ...

. In 2018, he gained a parliamentary seat on Jobbik's national list and resigned as Mayor of Tiszavasvári. On October 8, 2018, he left Jobbik and became a member of the

Our Homeland Movement Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom'', '','' Mi Hazánk, MHM, MH) is a Hungarian far-right political party. It was founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President, László Toroczkai, along with other Jobbik ...

. On January 25, 2021, Erik Fülöp announced his resignation from the Our Homeland Movement on his Facebook page. He continued to work as an independent, focusing on his own field of expertise, animal welfare, rather than party politics. He was a member of the committee on Legislation and committee on Justice in the

National Assembly of Hungary The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member m ...

. In September 2021, he announced that he would not run in the 2022 parliamentary election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fulop, Erik 1982 births Living people People from Nyíregyháza Jobbik politicians Our Homeland Movement politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Mayors of places in Hungary