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Hungarian politician (born 1972) The native form of this personal name is Tarr Zoltán. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Zoltán TarrMEP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
ConstituencyHungary
Personal details
Born (1972-02-12) 12 February 1972 (age 52)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyTisza Party
Other political
affiliations		European People's Party

Zoltán Tarr (born 12 February 1972) is a Hungarian politician of the Tisza Party who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.

Early life and career

Tarr was born in Budapest in 1972. In the 1990 parliamentary election, he voted for the Hungarian Democratic Forum. He worked as a Reformed pastor for several universities, and was later head of the national administration of the church. In 2015 he left the church to work at a tech company, following the appointment of a new leadership in the church. He worked at an institution of the Ministry for National Economy until April 2024, when he was fired a few days after criticizing bishop Zoltán Balog at a demonstration organized by Péter Magyar.

References

  1. "The results of the European Parliament election". National Election Office.
  2. "Tarr Zoltán" (in Hungarian). Petőfi Literary Museum.
  3. ^ "Tarr Zoltán: Akik most az országot és az egyházat vezetik, mind a szocializmusban nőttek fel, megőrizve az akkor tanult reflexeket". Telex.hu (in Hungarian). 4 May 2024.
  4. "Tarr Zoltán interjú közben kapta meg a hivatalos papírt a kirúgásáról" (in Hungarian). RTL. 21 April 2024.


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