Lajos Kósa

Lajos Kósa MP
Leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2015
Preceded by	Antal Rogán
Mayor of Debrecen
In office 18 October 1998 – 12 October 2014
Preceded by	József Hevessy
Succeeded by	László Papp
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 1990
First Vice-President of the Fidesz party
In office 13 May 2010 – 13 December 2015
Personal details
Born	(1964-03-14) 14 March 1964 Debrecen, Hungary
Political party	Fidesz
Spouse	Gyöngyi Porkoláb
Children	Anna Eszter Lilla Levente
Profession	economist, politician

The native form of this personal name is Kósa Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Lajos Kósa (born March 14, 1964) is a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Mayor of Debrecen between 1998 and 2014. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1990.

Kósa was appointed one of the four Vice Presidents of the party in 2007, alongside Ildikó Pelczné Gáll, Zoltán Pokorni and Mihály Varga. He also secured an individual mandate during the parliamentary election in 2010. He retained his membership of the Local Government and Urban Development Committee. He was nominated First or Managing Vice President of Fidesz, after Party President Viktor Orbán was appointed Prime Minister of Hungary on May 14, 2010.

He was appointed leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group on 1 October 2015.

External links

• Kósa Lajos életrajza a Fidesz honlapján
• Kósa Lajos országgyűlési adatlapja
• Kósa Lajos Debrecen hivatalos honlapján
• Kósa Lajos: Nem a piszoárt kéne méricskélni! - Interview in the Index.hu website (March 30, 2010)