He was president of the Alliance of Zala County Civil Organisations from 1990 to 1995, and a member of its National Board. He was chairman of the basketball section of the sports club ZTE Goldsun from 1992 to 1994. He has been the chairman of Degré Alajos Foundation for Ethnography since 1992 and chairman of Millecentennial Foundation since 1996. Since 1997 he has been on the Hungarian Olympic Committee. He received ministerial recognition several times and the Pro Turismo Award was conferred upon him by the Minister of Economy in 2001.
