Károly Huber

Károly Huber, born Kaposvár, Hungary, July 25, 1971, is a Hungarian–American political scientist, currently the Director of the Foundation for Responsible Society “Felelős Társadalomért Alapítvány” located in Budapest, Hungary.

Early years

Huber, born to a working class family, spent his childhood in Barcs, Hungary. In 1985, he moved to Austria with his father Károly Huber Sr., mother Ibolya Hantos and sister Szilvia Huber. Later relocated from Austria to the United States, where in 1990, he obtained his dual US citizenship under the legal name Charles Huber.

Career

Education

After graduating from secondary school in 1989, he started his higher education at College of Dupage. After graduating from COD, he studied political science and economics at Northern Illinois and Gordon University. He was the International chairman of Phi Sigma Zeta, a professional political science community. Leader of the Austrian and member of the Malaysian representative team at the Model United Nations Conference in St. Louis and Chicago. In 2006 - 2007 he expanded his credit management skills with Fair Isaac.

Business career

1992–1993 was an employee of the Northern Illinois University’s Adult Education office. 1994 he was commissioned by Zsolnay Co., Pécs, Hungary to introduce the factory’s products to the US market. After the privatization of Zsolnay in 1995 he worked for Pitney Bowes and in 2000 accepted a position at Océ-USA, Chicago, where he became its operation and business process manager responsible for harmonization, centralization and automation of the company’s front-end business processes (SC). In 2004 he accepted an assignment at Océ N.V. , Venlo, Netherland. In 2008 he moved to Hungary and initiated the restructuring of the Hungarian credit maintenance, scoring and evaluation processes to introduce a “positive credit structure”.

Political career

In 1993 he interned at Fidesz, Budapest, Hungary (Fiatal Democraták Szövetsége, The Federation of Young Democrats). He returned to the United States after the Fidesz party conference in 1994. In 1995–1996 he worked at the Democratic National Committee and assisted the DNC’s Business Council in the organization of the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Following a 12 year assignment in the private sector, in 2008 returned to the public arena and in Hungary initiated a pan European restructuring of credit evaluation and scoring policies and procedures. In 2010, he assisted in the formation of the Foundation for Responsible Society (Felelős Társadalomért Alapítvány). 2011 he is the member of the trustees and the director of the foundation’s political and economic division. In 2011 he co-sponsored the national referendum on the new Basic Law of Hungary, and the referendum to continue to tie the voting rights to Hungarian residency.

Family

Father Károly Huber Sr. was a tool and die maker, established his own company Pannon Mold Polishing Co. His mother was a librarian in Hungary, and worked for a major retail firm in the United States. Sister Szilvia Huber worked for Océ-USA, later became the compliance manager for GE. His aunt Klára Huber started her career as a chemical engineer at Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacturing, and finished her career there as a foreman and production supervisor. His grandfather János Hantos was a notary and the secretary of the civic board in the 1950s Hungary. His Great-grandfather János Nagyági was the president of a Hungarian Agricultural Coop of Drávaszentes in the 1960s and during his years living in Barcs, Hungary, a personal friend and advisor to Losonczi Pál the President of the People’s Republic of Hungary.

Political values

He is a promoter of active citizenship. He stands for the women’s right to chose, for the elimination of the death penalty and for making the selling of cigarettes to youth a criminal offence. He encourages term limits and campaign reform. He also stands for the separation of church and state, which is not to protect religion from the grasp of government, but to protect the government from religious fanaticism. He is against discrimination and stands for the rights of the individuals. He strongly advocates individual responsibility and accountability. He supports complete disclosure and transparency of public information which is easy to understand and readily available (with the exception of information classified due to national security. He believes that a healthy national pride supplemented with European pride can build a strong and united Europe, which is diverse and proud of its colorful heritage. He is also a strong advocate of controlled immigration into the EU, and opposes automatic dual citizenship* based on heritage. He works towards a strong transatlantic US–EU relations.