Technical inspector. He obtained a trade certificate as a construction-industry technician in 1956 in Debrecen, while also learning the electrician's trade. He went to work for the Agrober Enterprise, where he was also secretary of the Communist Youth League for a time. He took part in the Debrecen jazz scene in the 1950s and 1960s. At the end of the 1950s he began to work as a lighting engineer at the Csokonai Theatre in Debrecen.