György Ipkovich

György Ipkovich (born 17 March 1954)[1] is a Hungarian jurist, who served as the mayor of Szombathely from 2002 to 2010.

He was elected member of the National Assembly (MP) from the Vas County Regional List of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 2005.

In the autumn he was only local representative of MSZP in the General Assembly of Szombathely and he was a chairman of the Social Committee.

In consequence of his local political career lasting twelve years he is a trustee of the Welfare Foundation of Szombathely, was a member of Supervisory Board of Savaria Historical Carnival Foundation, was a founding vice-president of Savaria Legio Traditionalist Association.

On 21 April 2005, he became an MP from the party's county regional list, replacing Gyula Pusztai, who died in office.

[2] He unsuccessfully ran for the position of mayor of Szombathely as a candidate of the MSZP, DK, Együtt left-wing parties and "Éljen Szombathely" local organization in the 2014 local elections, defeated by incumbent mayor Tivadar Puskás with only 560 votes.