About Zoltán Illés
Born 1961. Zoltán Illés is a Hungarian and Yugoslav politician, chemist, biologist, teacher and environmental engineer.
Dr. Zoltán Illés (born 17 January 1961) 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. He also represented Terézváros between 1998 and 2002. He secured a seat from Fidesz National List in the 2002 Hungarian parliamentary election. 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."
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. Since then, Illés accused Orbán's government in several cases with corruption and development of oligarchic system.
Personal life He is married. His wife is Dr Adrienne Illésné Gerlényi. They have a son, Szabolcs.
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Who is Zoltán Illés?
Hungarian politician
When was Zoltán Illés born?
Zoltán Illés was born on 17 January 1961 in Subotica.
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Zoltán Illés is a politician, chemist, biologist, teacher and environmental engineer.
What nationality is Zoltán Illés?
Zoltán Illés is Hungarian and Yugoslav.
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