 He graduated as an architect from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) in 1986.He worked as an engineer for the State Construction Company of Hajdú-Bihar County from 1985 to 1988, then he was a staff member of Magyar Rádió between 1988 and 1997.He was an anchorman ("A Hét", "Magyarországról jövök") for Magyar Televízió for a short period of time, then served as a news presenter for TV2 from 1997 to 2002 ("Tények" and "Jó estét Magyarország!