Horticulturist. He was landowner until 1948 having estates at Gyöngyös and Gyöngyöshalmaj. In 1942 he was brought to labour service, in 1944 was brought forcibly to the extermination camps of Mauthausen and later of Gunskirchen. In 1948 he was classified as "kulak". He moved to Budapest. He worked as agronomist of the State Farms of Mány since 1953. In 1959 he became chief gardener at the Central Offices of the State Farms of Fejér County. In 1964 he was employed as assessor of the State Insurance Company. Later he was editor and editor-in-chief of the periodicals Kertgazdaság (Gardening), Kertészet és Szőlészet (Horticulture and Viticulture), Kertbarát Magazin (Gardeners' Magazine) and Kerti Kalendárium (Kalendarium for Gardeners). In 1981 he joined the staff of the television magazine Ablak (Window). Between 1994 and 1998 he was MP of the Alliance of Free Democrats.