Hungarian Democratic Forum
The Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) was founded in his garden on 27 September 1987. Between 1989 and 1990 he was responsible for the Forum's election campaign. He was a member of its presidium since 1988. Between 1993 and 1994 he was managing deputy chairman, from 2 March 1996 to 30 January 1999 he was president, and since then, he was vice president of the Hungarian Democratic Forum until he was excluded from his party. He has been an MP since April 1994 (1994: county list, 1998 and 2002: Constituency 3, Tiszakécske, Bács-Kiskun County). From September 1996 to June 1998 and from September 1998 to May 2002 he was Parliamentary faction Leader of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. In the Parliament between 1998 and 2002, he was chairman of the Education and Science Committee. Since 15 May 2002 he has been a member of the Tourism Committee and deputy chairman of the Cultural and Press Committee. Since 22 September he chaired the Temporary Committee on Closing of Nurseries and Schools. In the local elections on 20 October 2002, he was elected representative to the Bács-Kiskun County Assembly, where he became co-chairman of the Cultural and Church Committee.