Ákos Kriza
Mayor of Miskolc
In office
3 October 2010 – 13 October 2019
Preceded bySándor Káli
Succeeded byPál Veres
Personal details
Born(1965-02-10)10 February 1965
Oradea, Romania
Died18 January 2021(2021-01-18) (aged 55)
Miskolc, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Political partyFidesz
SpouseZsuzsanna László
ChildrenAnna
Áron
OccupationPolitician
Websitehttp://www.krizaakos.hu/

Ákos Kriza (10 February 1965 − 18 January 2021) was a Hungarian politician. Kriza was a member of Fidesz and served as mayor of Miskolc from 3 October 2010 to 13 October 2019.[1][2][3]

Biography

Kriza was born in Oradea, Romania. He studied medicine at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Târgu Mureș and economics at the University of West Hungary. He received his medical degree in 1990 and moved to Miskolc the same year. He worked in the Diósgyőr Hospital then as a general practitioner until 1999 when he became a hospital manager. He joined Fidesz in 1997 and ran for mayor in 2006 when he was defeated by the incumbent mayor, Sándor Káli. After his party's landslide victory in the parliamentary elections in April 2010, he was elected mayor during the local elections held in the autumn, defeating Sándor Káli. Kriza was re-elected mayor during 2014 local elections, obtaining 42.27 percent of the vote and defeating opposition candidates Albert Pásztor, a former top police official, and Péter Jakab.

On 9 August 2019, Kriza announced he was not seeking re-election due to his long-standing tumor disease.[4] The government party Fidesz nominated Zoltán Alakszai, the notary of Miskolc as their nominee for the position of mayor. Alakszai was defeated by local school headmaster and joint opposition candidate Pál Veres in the 2019 local elections.[5]

Personal life

He was married to Zsuzsanna László. They have a daughter, Anna, and a son, Áron.

Ákos Kriza died on 18 January 2021, at the age of 55, after a long-term illness.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Önkormányzati biztost neveztek ki a Miskolci Nemzeti Színházhoz" (in Hungarian). BOON. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lehetőleg senki ne használja az autóját" (in Hungarian). MNO. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Több mint félszáz ünnepi megemlékezést tartanak vasárnap országszerte" (in Hungarian). Népszava. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Origo. "Kriza Ákos súlyos beteg, nem indul az önkormányzati választáson". origo.hu/ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Önkormányzati választás 2019". Index. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Elhunyt dr. Kriza Ákos". MiNap. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.


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