István Jakab

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

István Jakab MP
Jakab in 2015
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2010
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2006
Personal details
Born	(1949-09-17) 17 September 1949 Hajdúbagos, Hungary
Political party	MDF (1988–1995) Fidesz (2006–present)
Children	3
Occupation	Agronomist, politician

István Jakab (born 17 September 1949) is a Hungarian agronomist, politician and leader of the National Federation Of Hungarian Peasants Association And Cooperatives (MAGOSZ).

He was a founding member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1988. He quit the party in 1995 and became co-chairman of the MAGOSZ and Vice President of the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture, a position which he held until 2001. He was elected a member of the presidency of the National Cooperative Council in 1996. He has served as the sole chairman of the MAGOSZ since 1999. In this capacity, he organized the tractor farmers' protest to Budapest in early 2005, during which the capital was blocked.

His organization made an alliance with Fidesz for the 2006 parliamentary election. He gained a parliamentary seat from the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County party list. He served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Agriculture and deputy leader of the Fidesz parliamentary fraction.

After the 2010 parliamentary election he was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary again. His party nominated him for the position of one of the deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary.

Personal life

He is married and has three children.

External links

• MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda, Budapest, 2008, 501. old. (in Hungarian)
• Jakab István országgyűlési adatlapja (in Hungarian)
• Jakab István életrajza a Fidesz honlapján (in Hungarian)