Tamás Wittinghoff (born 9 September 1958) is a Hungarian civil engineer, politician, who has been the mayor of

Budaörs Budaörs (; german: Wudersch; hr, Jerša, or ; la, Vicus Teuto) is a town in Pest County, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary. Location A suburb of Budapest, the town lies among the Buda and Csiki hills and the Tétény plateau in the Buda ...

since 1991.

Career

He received his degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of

Budapest University of Technology The Budapest University of Technology and Economics ( hu, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem or in short ), official abbreviation BME, is the most significant university of technology in Hungary and is considered the world's oldes ...

in 1984. Before the

fall of communism The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, was a revolutionary wave that resulted in the end of most communist states in the world. Sometimes this revolutionary wave is also called the Fall of Nations or the Autumn of Nat ...

, he worked as a construction engineer on water supply and sewage treatment systems, and environmental protection projects. He was first elected as mayor of Budaörs in February 1991. During the 2006 municipal elections, he was appointed to the

Pest County Assembly The Pest County Assembly ( hu, Pest Megyei Közgyűlés) is the local legislative body of Pest County, in the Central Hungary in Hungary. Composition 2019 The Assembly elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 44 counse ...

. He is a founding member of the Board of Trustees of the Pest County Business Development Foundation. He is a council member of Budaörs Fejlődéséért Egyesület (''For the Development of Budaörs Association'') since 2010. He personally officiated the fifth wedding of former

Mayor of Budapest The Mayor of Budapest ( hu, Budapest főpolgármestere) is the head of the General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, elected directly for 5-year term since 2014 (previously municipal elections were held quadrennially). Until 1994 the mayor was elect ...

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in 2018. He got envolved in a sex scandal right before the 2019 municipal elections. However, he later won again with a remarkably high 71.65% of votes.

His mayoral terms

István Csathó was elected as the first mayor of Budaörs after the fall of communism, but he resigned shortly after. Since February 1991 Tamás Wittinghoff has been the mayor of the town. Wittinghoff got 31.24% of the votes (1792) in the 1994 municipal elections, allowing him to start his second term as mayor. He was once again elected with 56.40% of the votes (4426) in 1998. The

SZDSZ The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party ( hu, Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége – a Magyar Liberális Párt, SZDSZ) was a liberal political party in Hungary. The SZDSZ was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ...

MSZP The Hungarian Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Párt), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution a ...

coalition gained a majority of 7 seats in the 17-seats city council, followed by

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

- MDF with 4 seats. During the 2002 municipal elections, Tamás Wittinghoff won again with 55.13% (6087) of the votes. The coalition of SZDSZ-MSZP achieved an absolute majority in the city council with 9 seats. The 2006 municipal elections saw Tamás Wittinghoff win 58.14% (6868) of total votes. The now 23-seats city council was divided by Fidesz-

KDNP The Christian Democratic People's Party ( hu, Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt, KDNP) is a right-wing Christian democratic political party in Hungary. It is officially a coalition partner of the ruling party, Fidesz, but is mostly considered a sate ...

(10 seats) and SZDSZ-MSZP (10 seats). Wittinghoff got 60.26% of votes during the 2010 municipal elections. In the city council (14 seats) Fidesz-KDNP had a majority (8 seats), Wittinghoff's ''For the Development of Budaörs Association'' (BFE) got 4 seats; the remaining two seats were shared by MSZP and

Jobbik The Movement for a Better Hungary ( hu, Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom), commonly known as Jobbik (), is a conservative political party in Hungary. Originating with radical and nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itsel ...

. The 2014 municipal elections once again brought victory for Wittinghoff, having won 69.31% (8029) of the votes. BFE got an absolute majority of 10 seats, winning all the individual constituencies. Tamás Wittinghoff started his 7th term of mayoralty after the 2019 municipal elections after winning 71.65% of votes, his highest ratio so far. BFE once again won absolute majority in the city council by winning all the individual constituencies and securing 10 seats.

Results of the municipal elections

* 1990–199?: István Csathó (unknown) * 1991–1994: Tamás Wittinghoff (

) * 1994–1998: Tamás Wittinghoff (

) * 1998–2002: Tamás Wittinghoff (

) * 2002–2006: Tamás Wittinghoff (

) * 2006–2010: Tamás Wittinghoff (

) * 2010–2014: Tamás Wittinghoff (Budaörs Fejlődéséért Egyesület) * 2014–2019: Tamás Wittinghoff (Budaörs Fejlődéséért Egyesület) * 2019-: Tamás Wittinghoff (Budaörs Fejlődéséért Egyesület)

Awards

* 2004: Knight's Cross of the

Hungarian Order of Merit The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the ...

* 2005: Defence Ministerial Award for his work for the Peace Park and Military Cemetery in memory of the victims of the Second World War

Notes

Sources

wittinghofftamas.hu
(in Hungarian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wittinghoff, Tamas 1958 births Living people Alliance of Free Democrats politicians Mayors of places in Hungary Politicians from Budapest