1. Ernest Leslie Konnyu was born on May 17,1937 and is an American businessman and former Republican US Representative from Silicon Valley, California, 12th congressional district, serving one term from 1987 to 1989.
18 Facts About Ernie Konnyu
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Ernie Konnyu had previously been a California State Assembly Member from the 22nd district, serving from 1980 to 1986.
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Erno "Ernie" Konnyu was born May 17,1937, in Tamasi, Kingdom of Hungary to poet, professor and cartographer Leslie Konnyu and Leslie's wife, Elizabeth, a bookkeeper and owner of a home secretarial school, and is the eldest of his two late siblings Gabriela and Zoltan.
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Ernie Konnyu attended parochial and public schools in Jefferson City and St Louis, Missouri.
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Ernie Konnyu attended University of Maryland, College Park and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Ohio State University in 1965.
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Ernie Konnyu served in the United States Air Force as a captain from 1959 to 1969 and as a major in the Air Force Reserve from 1970 to 1981.
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Ernie Konnyu joined the US Air Force in 1959 as an enlisted medic, served at the US Air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany, with a final rank of Staff Sergeant, and attended night school at the University of Maryland's Wiesbaden campus, then got an Air Force scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he majored in accounting.
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Ernie Konnyu received his BS in Business Administration in 1965.
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Ernie Konnyu was admitted to the Air Force Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Texas, where he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant.
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Ernie Konnyu spent 11 years in the US Air Force Reserve ending with a rank of major until he received an honorable discharge retiring from the Air Force in 1997.
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Ernie Konnyu, a Certified Internal Auditor, served as corporate director of internal audit at National Semiconductor Corp.
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Ernie Konnyu continued his community service work with the Junior Chamber of Commerce first in Arcadia, then in San Jose, California.
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Ernie Konnyu represented California's 22nd Assembly District.
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Ernie Konnyu served as Chairman for Policy of the Assembly Republican Caucus and vice-chair of the Assembly Human Services Committee on welfare.
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Ernie Konnyu lost the next Republican primary to Republican Tom Campbell, who went on to serve for two terms.
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Ernie Konnyu resumed his business career in 1989 investing in a printing business then in 1998 in a tax consulting service.
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Ernie Konnyu ran unsuccessfully for Santa Clara County Assessor in 1994, losing the nonpartisan race to Democrat Larry Stone, who received 181,406 votes to Konnyu's 164,045.
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Ernie Konnyu ran brief and abortive campaigns to challenge Democratic Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom in 2014, to succeed retiring Democratic US Senator Barbara Boxer in 2016, against Democratic US Senator Dianne Feinstein in 2018 and against Democratic Congresswoman Katie Porter in 2020.