György Rubovszky

György Rubovszky (1 February 1944 – 21 June 2017) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2002 and from 2003 until his death in 2017.

Family and studies Rubovszky was born in Budapest into a family of lawyers. He finished his secondary studies at the Eötvös József Secondary Grammar School in 1962. He earned his law degree in evening courses at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1970. Following that he became a trainee lawyer. After passing the professional examination in 1972, he worked for the No. 14 Attorneys' Working Community. He functioned as head of the organization from 1977 to 1991. After that he opened his independent lawyer praxis. He became a member of the Hungarian Lawyers Association in 1986, then Independent Lawyers' Forum in 1988, the latter one played an important role in the democratic transformation in 1989–90. Ruboszky's late wife, with whom he had two daughters, was also a lawyer. One of his daughters is Csilla Jenei-Rubovszky, also a KDNP member and deputy mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros (District V, Budapest). Rubovszky's younger sister is Éva Rubovszky, Chairperson of the cultural organization Nemzetek Háza, who married graphic artist and film director Marcell Jankovics.

Political career In June 1989, Rubovszky participated in the refoundation of the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), then elected deputy leader of its 2nd district of Budapest branch. He did not gain a mandate during the 1990 parliamentary election. He was a member of the General Assembly of Budapest from 1990 to 1994. In 1991, he was appointed Chairman of the KDNP's Budapest branch, serving in this capacity until 1992. In November 1992, he became a member of the national presidium of the party. In the General Assembly, he served as Vice Chairman of the Social Affairs and Housing Committee. He was Executive Secretary of the KDNP from 1992 to 1994. During the 1994 parliamentary election, he was elected Member of Parliament from his party's national list. He was a member of the Constitutional, Statute Preparation, Justice and Standing Orders Committee from 28 June 1994 to 21 July 1997 and from 4 November 1997 to 17 June 1998. He was also a member of the Constitutional Preparatory Committee between 13 June 1995 and 21 July 1997. During these years, the KDNP had disintegrated as a result of internal party struggles and rivalries. Rubovszky, among several other party members, was expelled…Citește mai mult