Erik Fülöp

Erik Fülöp
Member of the National Assembly
In office
8 May 2018 – 1 May 2022
Mayor of Tiszavasvári
In office
3 October 2010 – 16 September 2018
Personal details
Born (1982-07-21) July 21, 1982 (age 42)
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Political partyJobbik (2010–2018)
Our Homeland (2018–2021)
non-partisan (since 2021)

Erik Sándor Fülöp (born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary on July 21, 1982) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician.[1] He was a member of parliament in National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés). He was elected into office in 2018. Between 2010 and 2018 he served as mayor of Tiszavasvár.[2]

Early life

Fülöp was born on July 21, 1982, in Nyíregyháza. Between 1994 and 2000, he attended the Váci Mihály High School in Tiszavasvár, where he graduated. From 2000 to 2005 he attended University of Miskolc and studied law. He graduated University of Miskolc with a degree in law.

Career

Fülöp joined Jobbik in 2010. Between 2010 and 2018, he was the mayor of Tiszavasvári, and from 2014 he was as representative of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Assembly.

In 2018, he gained a parliamentary seat on Jobbik's national list and resigned as Mayor of Tiszavasvári. On October 8, 2018, he left Jobbik and became a member of the Our Homeland Movement. On January 25, 2021, Erik Fülöp announced his resignation from the Our Homeland Movement on his Facebook page.[3][4] He continued to work as an independent, focusing on his own field of expertise, animal welfare, rather than party politics. He was a member of the committee on Legislation and committee on Justice in the National Assembly of Hungary.[5]

In September 2021, he announced that he would not run in the 2022 parliamentary election.[6]

References

  1. ^ Gábor, Nagy. "Szél Bernadett és társai – ők a parlamentből kieső ellenzéki képviselők | Mandiner". mandiner.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. ^ Dávid, Klág (2019-11-25). "Baltával verte le a helyéről a miniszobrot a Mi Hazánk politikusa". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  3. ^ "Kuruc.info - Szakít a pártpolitikával, csak állatvédelemmel foglalkozna Fülöp Erik". Kuruc.info hírportál (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. ^ "Kilépett a Mi Hazánkból Fülöp Erik parlamenti képviselő". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  5. ^ "List of MPs - House of the National Assembly - Országgyűlés". House of the National Assembly. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  6. ^ Zrt, HVG Kiadó (2021-09-08). "Nemzeti Állatvédelmi Szolgálat néven alapított szervezetet egy képviselő". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-04-10.