Zoltán Balczó (born 1 January 1948) is a Hungarian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

and a former

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

(MEP) from

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between 2009–2010 and 2014–2019. He is a member of

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 ...

. He is a former

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of the

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He was a Member of Parliament from 1998 to 2002, from 2010 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2022. His older brother is

András Balczó András Balczó (born 16 August 1938) is a retired Hungarian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1960, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the individual and team events and won three gold and two silver medal; he missed only one medal, finishing four ...

, the Olympic champion. After the

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, he was appointed one of the deputy speakers of the

. As a result, he was replaced by Béla Kovács in the

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. He was elected MEP again in the

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; as a result, he resigned from his national parliamentary mandate in June 2014.

External links

Balczó Zoltán Bio
on jobbik.hu
MEP profile

References

1948 births Living people People from Nyíregyháza Hungarian Justice and Life Party politicians Jobbik politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Jobbik MEPs MEPs for Hungary 2009–2014 MEPs for Hungary 2014–2019 {{Hungary-MEP-stub

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