Karcag

[edit] Aerial view of the Zádor Bridge Karcag has its own railway station. Significant minority groups Nationality Population (2011) German 48 Romanian 20 Russian 8 Slovak 8 Serbian 6

[edit] The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances: Party Seats Current Municipal Assembly   Fidesz-KDNP 9 M                   Jobbik 2                     Momentum Movement 1                  

[edit] See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary Karcag is twinned with: Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990) Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009) Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004) Lednice, Czech Republic (2006) Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998) Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998) Schwarzheide, Germany (2004) Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994)

[edit] István Varró (died in 1770), the last speaker of the Cuman language Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–1779), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag Gyula (Julius) Németh (1890–1976), Hungarian Turkologist, linguist Avram Hershko (born 1937), Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry Margit Sebők (1939–2000), painter and educator Kevin Varga (born 1996), footballer Mihály Varga (born 1965), politician, since 2013 Minister of National Economy Suzi Diamond, Holocaust survivor.