László Mandur
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László Mandur is a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 politician and economist, who served as one of the Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary from May 15, 2002 to May 13, 2010. He is a member of the National Assembly of Hungary
National Assembly of Hungary
The National Assembly or Diet is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 386 members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is based on a complex system involving both area and list election; parties must win at least 5% of the popular vote in order to enter list members...

 since May 15, 2002.

Political career

He finished his secondary studies in 1976. He graduated as a production engineer from the College of Transport, Telecommunications and Technology in 1979. He worked for Concrete Road Constructions Partnership as a building engineer of Budapest Airport Ferihegy 2 from 1979. He was a member of the Budapest Commission of the Communist Youth League
Communist Youth League
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 from 1981 to 1989 - he was the secretary of 6th district, later of Budapest
Budapest
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. He was managing director of Budapest Radio Ltd. from 1989, and managing director and chief executive officer of Antel Invest Ltd. from 1997 to 1998. He graduated from Budapest University of Economic Sciences in 1991, and he obtained qualification as a certified accountant in 1992. He was the managing director of Honline Ltd. from 1999, and of Trangon Bt. from 2000 to 2002. He was a member of the board, then chairman of Hortobágy Fish Farm Rt. from 1995 to 1997, and of the broadcasting company Antenna Hungária Rt. from 1996 to 1998. He was on the supervisory board of Óbuda Shipyard Island
Hajogyari Island
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 Property Management Company from 1996 to 1999. He was on the board of Water Works of Budapest Rt. from 1999 to 2000.

He was a founder of the Hungarian Socialist Party
Hungarian Socialist Party
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 (MSZP) in 1989. He was member of the Budapest 3rd district
Óbuda
Óbuda was a historical city in Hungary. United with Buda and Pest in 1873 it now forms part of District III-Óbuda-Békásmegyer of Budapest. The name means Old Buda in Hungarian...

 presidium from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 member of the Budapest party council. He was president of the Budapest branch of the Hungarian Socialist Party form 2000. He was co-chairman of the national economic department of the Hungarian Socialist Party from 1998 to 2000. He was head of the information society cabinet of the Socialist Party from 2001 to 2002. He was elected incumbent president of the Budapest branch on 22 February 2003. He did not stand for re-election as Budapest party president in the party elections at the congress in October 2004.

In December 1994 he ran for the office of mayor, he made it to the body of representatives of 3rd district, he was the parliamentary faction leader until 1997. He was an external member of the public procurement committee of the Budapest Assembly from 1998 to 2000. He ran in the May 1998 parliamentary elections
Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998
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. He participated in the work of the campaign group of Péter Medgyessy
Péter Medgyessy
Péter Medgyessy is a Hungarian politician and was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary from May 27, 2002 until September 29, 2004...

, candidate for PM, from 2001. He secured his seat in Parliament from the Budapest list in April 2002. He was a deputy speaker of the Parliament from 15 May 2002 to 13 May 2010.
In the 2006
Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006
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 and 2010 parliamentary elections
Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010
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he obtained a mandate from national list.
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