Background
Urbán was born in Ipolyvece on 26 January 1942.
Urbán was born in Ipolyvece on 26 January 1942.
He finished his secondary studies at the Bálint Balassi Secondary Grammar School of Balassagyarmat in 1960. He taught in the Francis II Rákóczi Primary School between 1965 and 1970, while graduated from the Teacher Training College of Eger in 1967.
He was also Member of Parliament from the Hungarian Socialist Party"s Nógrád County Regional List from 2002 until his death. He worked as a health inspector in the local district for a year. He served as teacher and deputy principal of the György Dózsa Primary School since 1970 and as principal between 1990 and 1994.
He earned a degree at Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1995.
After 1998 he taught in Őrhalom. Beside teaching activity, Urbán was a football referee between 1964 and 1985.
He had been a full international referee for Fédération internationale de football association since 1984. Political career
He was elected Member of Parliament for Balassagyarmat during the 1994 parliamentary election.
He lost his parliamentary seat in the 1998 general election.
Urbán gained a parliamentary seat from the Socialist party"s Nógrád County Regional List in the 2002 parliamentary election. Árpád Urbán died in a hunting accident near Balassagyarmat and Érsekvadkert on 26 November 2005, when his 73-year-old elder brother accidentally mortally wounded him in chest by shotgun. Urbán later died of his injuries in hospital at Balassagyarmat.
He joined Hungarian Socialist Workers" Party (MSZMP) in 1964.
He was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party (Magyar Szocialiste Munkaspart (Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party)) since October 1989. He became a member of the party"s Nógrád County coordination branch and the National Board in 1993. He was a member of the Committee on Education, Science, Youth and Sports from 28 June 1994 to 17 June 1998.
Nevertheless he was elected a member of the General Assembly of Balassagyarmat in the 1998 local elections.
He functioned as a member of the Committee on Youth and Sports since 15 May 2002 and Committee on Human Rights, Minority and Religious Affairs since 4 June 2002.