Ilona Ékes

Ilona Ékes (born 1953)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Budapest Regional List between 2010 and 2014. She was also a Member of Parliament from her party, the Fidesz's National List between 2006 and 2010.[2]

Ilona Ékes
Member of the National Assembly
In office
16 May 2006 – 5 May 2014
Personal details
Born1953
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyFidesz
Professionpolitician
The native form of this personal name is Ékes Ilona. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

She was a member of the Committee on Human Rights, Minority, Civic and Religious Affairs from 19 October 2006 to 5 May 2014.[2]

Ékes, wrote to the police to ban a gay pride event in Budapest, saying that homosexuality was a mental illness and demonstrators would scandalise people, as they did in previous years, when homosexual activists imitated sexual intercourse on stage and other activists were allegedly blasphemous.[3][4] According to Ékes, the demonstrations would harm youngsters, whose school season was to start on the same day.[5]


References
  1. "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. "Átirányítási figyelmeztetés". Google.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. "Átirányítási figyelmeztetés". Google.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. Gábor, Czene (29 August 2009). "Ékes Ilona, a melegek "gyógyítója"". Nol.hu. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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