Erik Fülöp
{{Short description|Hungarian lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Erik Fülöp
| office = Member of the National Assembly
| termstart = 8 May 2018
| termend = 1 May 2022
| office1 = Mayor of Tiszavasvári
| termstart1 = 3 October 2010
| termend1 = 16 September 2018
| party = Jobbik (2010–2018)
Our Homeland (2018–2021)
non-partisan (since 2021)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|07|21}}
| birth_place = Nyíregyháza, Hungary
}}
Erik Sándor Fülöp (born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary on July 21, 1982) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician.{{Cite web |last=Gábor |first=Nagy |title=Szél Bernadett és társai – ők a parlamentből kieső ellenzéki képviselők {{!}} Mandiner |url=https://mandiner.hu/cikk/20220410_parlament_valasztas_kiesok_ellenzek_baloldal |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=mandiner.hu |language=hu}} He was a member of parliament in National Assembly of Hungary (Országgyűlés). He was elected into office in 2018. Between 2010 and 2018 he served as mayor of Tiszavasvár.{{Cite web |last=Dávid |first=Klág |date=2019-11-25 |title=Baltával verte le a helyéről a miniszobrot a Mi Hazánk politikusa |url=https://index.hu/belfold/2019/11/25/mi_hazank_szobor_kolodko_usanka/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}
Early life
Fülöp was born on July 21, 1982, in Nyíregyháza. Between 1994 and 2000, he attended the Váci Mihály High School in Tiszavasvár, where he graduated. From 2000 to 2005 he attended University of Miskolc and studied law. He graduated University of Miskolc with a degree in law.
Career
Fülöp joined Jobbik in 2010. Between 2010 and 2018, he was the mayor of Tiszavasvári, and from 2014 he was as representative of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Assembly.
In 2018, he gained a parliamentary seat on Jobbik's national list and resigned as Mayor of Tiszavasvári. On October 8, 2018, he left Jobbik and became a member of the Our Homeland Movement. On January 25, 2021, Erik Fülöp announced his resignation from the Our Homeland Movement on his Facebook page.{{Cite web |title=Kuruc.info - Szakít a pártpolitikával, csak állatvédelemmel foglalkozna Fülöp Erik |url=https://kuruc.info/r/2/223712/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Kuruc.info hírportál |language=hu}}{{Cite web |date=2021-01-25 |title=Kilépett a Mi Hazánkból Fülöp Erik parlamenti képviselő |url=https://24.hu/kozelet/2021/01/25/fulop-erik-mi-hazank-kilepes-allatvedelem/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=24.hu |language=hu}} He continued to work as an independent, focusing on his own field of expertise, animal welfare, rather than party politics. He was a member of the committee on Legislation and committee on Justice in the National Assembly of Hungary.{{Cite web |title=List of MPs - House of the National Assembly - Országgyűlés |url=https://parlament.hu/web/house-of-the-national-assembly/list-of-mps |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=House of the National Assembly |language=en-GB}}
In September 2021, he announced that he would not run in the 2022 parliamentary election.{{Cite web |last=Zrt |first=HVG Kiadó |date=2021-09-08 |title=Nemzeti Állatvédelmi Szolgálat néven alapított szervezetet egy képviselő |url=https://hvg.hu/itthon/20210908_allatrendorseg_Budapest_Pest_megye |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=hvg.hu |language=hu}}