Lajos Kósa (born 14 March 1964)[1] is a Hungarian politician, who served as Mayor of Debrecen between 1998 and 2014.

[2] Kósa was appointed one of the four Vice Presidents of the Fidesz party in 2007, alongside Ildikó Pelczné Gáll, Zoltán Pokorni and Mihály Varga.

A huge scandal broke out in March 2018 involving Lajos Kósa and 4,3 billion euros.

[4][5][6] In November 2021 Mr. Kósa was the first Hungarian senior official who acknowledged that the country's Interior Ministry purchased and used military-grade spyware Pegasus.

[7] Government of Viktor Orbán is accused of using it to spy on members of media as well as Hungarian opposition.