Born in 1941. Borsod and Nógrád. Medical Studies - 1963 - 1969; 1969 - General PractitionerUniversity of Postgraduate Medicine:researcher, associate professor (1970-1989).Member of the Hungarian Parliament 1990 - 2004Minister of Health and Social Affairs 1990 - 1994Chairman of the Christian Democratic People's Party, Hungary 1990 - 1995Vice-Chairman of the Christian Democratic People's Party, Hungary 2002 -Vice Chairman of the European Christian Democratic Union 1992 - 1998Member and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 1998 - 2002, Vice-Chairman 2000 - 2002Observer in the European Parliament 2003 - 2004Member of the European Parliament 01. 05. 2004 -Vice-Chairman of the Association of Large Families, Hungary 1987 - 1990Founder of the Charta XXI Movement for Reconciliation in Central Eastern Europe. MEP since 2004.