Zoltán Illés
Member of the National Assembly
In office
14 May 2010 – 5 May 2014
In office
18 June 1998 – 15 May 2006
Personal details
Born (1961-01-17) 17 January 1961
Subotica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Political partyFidesz (since 1994)
SpouseDr Adrienne Illésné Gerlényi
ChildrenSzabolcs
ProfessionChemical engineer, politician

Dr. Zoltán Illés (born 17 January 1961)[1] is a Hungarian chemical engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly of Hungary (MP) for Terézváros, 6th District of Budapest (Budapest Constituency VIII) from 2010 to 2014.[2] He also represented Terézváros between 1998 and 2002. He secured a seat from Fidesz National List in the 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election.[2]

He served as Chairman of the Committee on the Environment from 25 June 1998 to 14 May 2002. Illés was appointed Secretary of State for Environmental Protection and Water in the Ministry of Rural Development on 2 June 2010. He is also a meritorious student and received prestigious Fulbright - Humphrey Scholarship.[2]

In September 2013, Illés responded to a formal question from Bernadett Szél (LMP) about the Roșia Montană Project in Romania, where amongst other things he said "just because you’re pretty doesn’t also mean you’re smart," and lectured her for daring to utter the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's name. Later, Illés has apologized for these remarks.[3] House Speaker László Kövér has defended Illés' controversial comments in parliament, referring to his fellow Fidesz politician’s words as "offensive, but not flagrantly offensive."[4]

As environmentalist, he strongly criticized the planned upgrade of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, signed between the Hungarian and Russian governments in January 2014. As a result, he was unable to run as parliamentary candidate for the 2014 parliamentary election.[5] Since then, Illés accused Orbán's government in several cases with corruption and development of oligarchic system.[6]

Personal life

He is married. His wife is Dr Adrienne Illésné Gerlényi. They have a son, Szabolcs.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. 1 2 3 "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. ↑ "Fidesz offers apology for official's sexist remark to female MP". 12 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  4. ↑ "House speaker Kövér defends government official over sexist statement to opposition MP". 13 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  5. ↑ "Nem lesz államtitkár Illés Zoltán". 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  6. ↑ "Illés Zoltán: "a mohóság után jön a bukás"". 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  7. ↑ - Illés Zoltán vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február
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