János Lázár

The native form of this personal name is Lázár János. This article uses the Western name order.

Lázár János
Mayor of Hódmezővásárhely
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002
Personal details
Born	19 February 1975 (1975-02-19) (age 36) Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Political party	Fidesz (conservative)
Alma mater	József Attila University of Sciences

János Lázár (19 February 1975 - ) is a Hungarian MP. He is also (since 2002) the mayor of his home town of Hódmezővásárhely, being re-elected in 2006.^[1] He is a member of Fidesz.

He became leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group after the 2010 elections, following Tibor Navracsics in this position.

On November 18, 2010 János Lázár criticized strongly the former President of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, László Sólyom in an interview published in Népszabadság^[2]

In March 2011 In the recording posted on the internet, Lázár as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely could be heard telling the city council in 2008 that “those people who don’t do anything with their life are worth just that”. Addressing a press conference, Lázár said, “I would like to apologise to Hungary for my ambiguous and misunderstood statement. I would like to apologise to all who feel hurt by that.”

He said that his remark had not referred to the poor but to those who, instead of succeeding in their profession, embarked on a political career merely with the purpose of making a livelihood and for financial gains. Lázár also said the remarks posted on the internet were parts of a longer speech that were taken out of their original context. The three opposition parties slammed the senior Fidesz official for his remarks.^[3]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "János Lázár interviewed: The Constitution is the problem". Népszabadság. http://nol.hu/archivum/20101118-_az_alkotmannyal_van_a_gond_. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 
3. ^ "Fidesz parliamentary leader apologises for “poverty remarks”". Politics.hu. http://www.politics.hu/20110321/fidesz-parliamentary-leader-apologises-for-poverty-remarks/. Retrieved 2011-10-05. 

External links

• hvg.hu, 4 May 2007, Interview with Janos Lazar

Persondata
Name	Janos, Lazar
Alternative names	János Lázár
Short description	current Member of the Hungarian Parliament, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of Defence and Law Enforcement, Mayor of Hodmezovasarhely City of County Rank
Date of birth	19 February 1975
Place of birth	Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary
Date of death
Place of death