József Nagy (politician)

József Nagy
Minister of the Environment of Slovakia
In office
2 November 2010 – 4 April 2012
Preceded byJozef Medveď
Succeeded byPeter Žiga
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1968-03-11) 11 March 1968 (age 56)
Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
NationalitySlovak
Political partyMost–Híd
Alma materUniversity of Economics in Bratislava
ProfessionPolitician, Economist

József Nagy (born 11 March 1968) is a Slovak economist and politician. From 2010, he was briefly a member of the National Council of Slovakia, and later the Minister of the Environment. In the 2012 parliamentary elections, he ran for office on the Most–Híd candidate list, placed 14th.[1] From 2014 to 2019, he served as a Member of the European Parliament.[2][3]

Early life

József Nagy was born on born 11 March 1968 in Dunajská Streda. He graduated from the University of Economics in Bratislava.[4]

Career

He worked as the director of Dunstav in Dunajská Streda, 4P publications, Therma, and as the chairman of the board at Agrostav Komárno and Therma.[5]

Political career

After the 2010 parliamentary elections, he became a member of the National Council of Slovakia for the party Most–Híd. He resigned his mandate due to incompatibility of functions when he served as State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture.[5]

In November 2010, Nagy was appointed Minister of the Environment following the re-establishment of the ministry as a separate entity from the Ministry of Agriculture.[3]

József Nagy identified flood control measures as his priority. He stated that he would attempt to obtain an additional payment of 15 million euros for the sale of emissions quotas from Interblue Group,[4] which was carried out by his predecessor Ján Chrbet.[6]

As minister, he advocated for the so-called green tripartite, a collaboration between non-governmental organizations and municipalities to operate within the ministry's agenda.[7]

In the regional elections in 2013, he ran for the regional council and received 8,794 votes.[8]

He was subsequently elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2014 and served until 2019.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Naši kandidáti" (in Slovak). Bratislava: Most–Híd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b "8th parliamentary term | József NAGY". europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament. 1968-03-11. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  3. ^ a b c "EPP Group in the European Parliament". www.eppgroup.eu. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  4. ^ a b "Kompletný monitoring médií - Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave" (PDF). euba.sk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Minister Ing. József Nagy". minzp.sk. Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic. Archived from the original on 2011-01-08. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Ministrom životného prostredia sa stane Turský". Bratislava: sme.sk. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  7. ^ Ján Glovičko (2 November 2010). "Nagy už vedie obnovené životné prostredie". sme.sk. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Vyhral Smer, extrémista Kotleba je v druhom kole". Petit Press. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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