Background
Kovács, Árpád was born on February 3, 1948 in Szombathely, Hungary.
Kovács, Árpád was born on February 3, 1948 in Szombathely, Hungary.
Doctor in Engineering, University of Technology, Budapest, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and Social Sciences, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 2001. Habilitation, University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, 2003.
Design engineer UVATERV Motorway Office, Budapest, Hungary, 1971—1975. Senior consultant, chief engineer, member supervisory board of road construction trust Ministry Transport and Post, 1975—1979. Economic expert People's Central Control Committee, 1979—1986, head construction and transport department, 1986—1990.
Section head, director State Audit Office Hungary, 1990—1996, president, since 1997. Chairman board directors Hungarian Privatization and State Holding Company, 1996—1997. Member privatization committee International Organization Supreme Audit Institutions, 1990—1996, member privatization working group, since 1997, chair internal control standards committee, 1997—2001, first vice-chairman governing board, 2001—2004, chairman governing board, 2004—2007.
Chairman Hungarian Financial and Economic Auditors, Budapest, Hungary, since 1998, Union of Economic and Science Associations, since 2001. Member of presidency Hungarian Economic Association, Budapest, Hungary, since 1999, vice president, Hungary, since 2002. Member board directors International Consortium on Governmental Finance Management, since 2002.
Married Katalin Kovács.