In the April 2002 parliamentary elections he was elected incumbent individual MP for Edelény. He had participated in the work of the Economic Committee since May 2002. In the local elections of 20 October 2002 he was elected mayor of Edelény, an individual local representative, and he also made it to the County Assembly. He was elected MP in the 2006 elections from the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county regional list. He was a member of the Committee on Employment and Labour.
