| István Mikola | |
| Order: | Minister of Health |
| Term Start: | 1 January 2001 |
| Term End: | 27 May 2002 |
| Primeminister: | Viktor Orbán |
| Predecessor: | Árpád Gógl |
| Successor: | Judit Csehák |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Veszprém, Hungary |
| Profession: | physician, ambassador to the OECD |
| Party: | Fidesz (since 2003) |
| Otherparty: | KDNP |
| Children: | 5 |
Dr. István Mikola (born 8 September 1947)[1] is a Hungarian physician and politician, who served as Minister of Health in the first cabinet of Viktor Orbán, between 2001 and 2002.[2] He was also Member of Parliament from Fidesz Fejér County Regional List between 2006 and 2011.[2] Mikola was nominated to the position of Deputy Prime Minister during the 2006 parliamentary election.
He was appointed Hungarian Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as a result he resigned as MP on 28 February 2011. He was replaced by Gábor Cserna.[3] Mikola became Secretary of State for Security Policy and International Cooperation in the Third Orbán Government on 15 June 2014. He held the position until 17 May 2018.[2]
Mikola was Hungarian Ambassador to Australia from 2018 to 2022. He was replaced by fellow Fidesz politician Zsolt Csenger-Zalán. Mikola has been the Hungarian Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu since 2022.[4]
He is married and has five children.[5]