Hungarian Socialist Party
He was a founder of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 1989. He was member of the Budapest 3rd district presidium from 1994 to 1997, and from 1999 member of the Budapest party council. He was president of the Budapest branch of the Hungarian Socialist Party from 2000. He was co-chairman of the national economic department of the Hungarian Socialist Party from 1998 to 2000. He was head of the information society cabinet of the Socialist Party from 2001 to 2002. He was elected incumbent president of the Budapest branch on 22 February 2003. He did not stand for re-election as Budapest party president in the party elections at the congress in October 2004.