István Mikola (1947, Veszprém) M.D., graduated from Semmelweis University of Medicine at Budapest in 1972. He passed degrees in studied internal medicine and infectology. In 1991 he pursued postgradual studies in health and hospital management in the United States and Canada. In 1991–93 he was Government Commissioner for the Hungarian social security system. He became a member of Parliament in 1998 on behalf of the Christian Democratic Party. He was Minister of Health in 2000–2002, Deputy Chairman of the Health Committee of Parliament in in 2002–2010, and Chairman since 2010.