Béla Turi-Kovács | |
Order1: | Minister of Environment |
Term Start1: | 1 December 2000 |
Term End1: | 27 May 2002 |
Predecessor1: | Ferenc Ligetvári |
Successor1: | Mária Kóródi Environment and Water |
Order2: | Member of the National Assembly |
Term Start2: | 18 June 1998 |
Term End2: | 3 November 2023 |
Birth Date: | 2 December 1935 |
Birth Place: | Endrőd, Hungary |
Children: | 1 |
Profession: | jurist, politician |
Party: | FKGP (1956; 1994–2001) MDF (1988–1990) |
Otherparty: | Smallholders' Civil Association (Fidesz-ally) |
Béla Turi-Kovács (2 December 1935 – 3 November 2023) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Environment between 2000 and 2002. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1998 until his death.[1] He was the Father of the House (oldest sitting MP) from 2014 thus he opened the inaugural sessions of the National Assembly in 2014, 2018 and 2022.
Béla Turi-Kovács was born in Endrőd, Hungary on 2 December 1935.[2] In 1956 he was a member of the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party. Turi-Kovács died on 3 November 2023, at the age of 87.[3]