Imre Szekeres
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Imre Szekeres is a Hungarian politician of the Hungarian Socialist Party
and former Minister of Defense.
. He is married to a chemical engineer; they have two children.
He graduated from the Veszprém University of Chemical Engineering as a Chemical System Engineer in 1974. After graduation he spent three years at the Cybernetics Institute of the University as an assistant lecturer. Therewith he was preparing for a University Ph.D. degree. The subject of his 1977 PhD dissertation was the Development of Artificial Intelligence.
In 1985, he joined to the City Council of Veszprém, where he later became the deputy chairman. He was one of the first promoters and organizers of the reformist circle movement in Veszprém county. He was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in October 1989, and in his county he became the first president of the party. In May 1990 he was elected to be the national secretary of the party, then the executive vice-president in November. He was the party’s vice-president between 1994 and 1998. He was the campaign chief of his party during the general elections in 1994 and 1998. He was a member of the party’s national presidency between 1998 and 2003. Then he was re-elected to be the vice-president of MSZP in 2003. He is the deputy president of the party, since 2004 (re-elected: 2007), also associate president of the Economic Section and head of the Economic Policy Cabinet since 2002.
He was voted into the Parliament from individual constituency No. 2. (Jászapáti) of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in 1994, 1998 and 2006. He obtained his mandate on the county’s party list in April 2002. He was the leader of the group of MSZP Members of the Parliament between 28 June 1994 and 17 June 1998. He was the Chairman of the Economic Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee and the EU Integration Subcommittee of the Parliament between 1998 and 2002. He was the Political State Secretary with general authority in the Prime Minister’s Office from 2002 till 2004. He was appointed to be the Minister of Defence on 9 June in 2006.
Szekeres was conferred on the Freeman of Jászapáti
, he is a member of the Jász Association ("The people of Jászság Association") and other social organizations of Jászság
(a geographical region of Hungary). He was elected to be the chairman of the Hungarian Triathlon Association in 2003, and re-elected in 2005.
Hungarian Socialist Party
The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...
and former Minister of Defense.
Biography
Szekeres was born in SzolnokSzolnok
Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries....
. He is married to a chemical engineer; they have two children.
He graduated from the Veszprém University of Chemical Engineering as a Chemical System Engineer in 1974. After graduation he spent three years at the Cybernetics Institute of the University as an assistant lecturer. Therewith he was preparing for a University Ph.D. degree. The subject of his 1977 PhD dissertation was the Development of Artificial Intelligence.
In 1985, he joined to the City Council of Veszprém, where he later became the deputy chairman. He was one of the first promoters and organizers of the reformist circle movement in Veszprém county. He was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in October 1989, and in his county he became the first president of the party. In May 1990 he was elected to be the national secretary of the party, then the executive vice-president in November. He was the party’s vice-president between 1994 and 1998. He was the campaign chief of his party during the general elections in 1994 and 1998. He was a member of the party’s national presidency between 1998 and 2003. Then he was re-elected to be the vice-president of MSZP in 2003. He is the deputy president of the party, since 2004 (re-elected: 2007), also associate president of the Economic Section and head of the Economic Policy Cabinet since 2002.
He was voted into the Parliament from individual constituency No. 2. (Jászapáti) of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in 1994, 1998 and 2006. He obtained his mandate on the county’s party list in April 2002. He was the leader of the group of MSZP Members of the Parliament between 28 June 1994 and 17 June 1998. He was the Chairman of the Economic Committee, the Budget and Finance Committee and the EU Integration Subcommittee of the Parliament between 1998 and 2002. He was the Political State Secretary with general authority in the Prime Minister’s Office from 2002 till 2004. He was appointed to be the Minister of Defence on 9 June in 2006.
Szekeres was conferred on the Freeman of Jászapáti
Jászapáti
Jászapáti is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 9913 people ....
, he is a member of the Jász Association ("The people of Jászság Association") and other social organizations of Jászság
Jászság
Jászság is a historical, ethnographical and geographical region in Hungary. Its 1161-km² territory is situated in the north-western part of the Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. The main town in the region is Jászberény. Jászság is inhabited by the Jassic people, who are of Ossetian origin...
(a geographical region of Hungary). He was elected to be the chairman of the Hungarian Triathlon Association in 2003, and re-elected in 2005.
Government posts
- Minister of Defence (June 2006 – May 2010)
- Political State Secretary with general authority – Prime Minister's Office (May 2002 – October 2004)
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)
- Deputy president (October 2004 – February 2007; February 2007 – )
- Chairman of Economic Section – (2002 – 2007, 2007– )
- Vice-president (March 2003 – October 2004)
- Member of the party's national presidency (September 1998 – March 2003)
- Vice-president (October 1994 – September 1998)
- Campaign chief (1994, 1998)
- Executive deputy president (November 1990 – May 1992; May 1992 – October 1994)
- National secretary (May 1990 – November 1990)
- County president of Veszprém County (October 1989– )
Parliament
- 2010: county party list of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
- 2006: individual constituency (Jászapáti)
- 2002: county party list of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
- 1998: individual constituency (Jászapáti)
- 1994: individual constituency (Jászapáti)
- Economic Committee of the Parliament – Chairman (April 2002 – May 2002)
- Budget and Finance Committee of the Parliament – Chairman (June 1998 – May 2002)
- EU Integration Subcommittee of the Parliament – Chairman (October 1998 – May 2002)
- Leader of MSZP Members of Parliament Group (October 1994 – June 1998)