Alex Fekete:  

Life Alex Fekete was born in 1946 in Kishunhalash, Hungary; which is a small town Southwest of Budapest. In 1956, during the Hungarian Revolution, he and his family escaped Communism in pursuit of freedom and Democracy. They settled in Toronto Canada where he attended Alderwood Collegiate, which he left for an apprenticeship in the Motion Picture film industry with Pathe Deluxe Film Company. In the mid 70's he immigrated to the United States. He married his wife Joyce and her two sons in 1979, at which time he moved to Pembroke Pines. Aside from his active political life, he is owner of Cinema Productions wherein his duties included; cinematographer, scriptwriter, and a film producer. His main focus now is consulting work through his affiliate company known as Advertising Marketing and Consulting. Alex Fekete served as a Pembroke Pines City Commissioner from August 1990 to March 1995. He served as Vice Mayor in 1992/1993 and was elected Mayor in March of 1995 and served as Mayor from 1995 to 2004 In his years leading to elected office he served on the Planning and Zoning Board and is past President of the Miramar/Pembroke Chamber of Commerce and the Pembroke Pines Rotary Club. He has also served on the Flamingo Bank Board of Directors and the South Broward Hospital District Board of Commissioners. He is the Founding Chairman of Leadership Miramar/Pembroke Chamber of Commerce and served as Scouting Coordinator of Pasadena Lakes Optimists and the South Florida Boy Scout's Executive Board as well as three years as District Chairman. He is the recipient of the 1998 Broward County Distinguished Citizen Award from the South Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He has served as a member of the Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization, the South Florida Regional Planning Council, and past member of the Water Advisory Board for Broward County. As a member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, he served on the Ar...Expand for more