Katalin Szili

Katalin Szili
Szili in 2009
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
15 May 2002 – 14 September 2009
Preceded byJános Áder
Succeeded byBéla Katona
Member of the National Assembly
In office
28 June 1994 – 5 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1956-05-13) 13 May 1956 (age 68)
Barcs, Hungary
Political partyKDNP (2023–present)
Other political
affiliations
MSZMP (1983–1989)
MSZP (1989–2010)
SZU (2010–2014)
KTI (2013–2015)
Independent (2015–2023)
Children2
Profession

Katalin Szili (born 13 May 1956) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, a former Member of the National Assembly, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2009.

Following an administrative career in the Hungarian People's Republic, she was a long-time member of the left-wing Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP). She was Member of Parliament (MP) from 1994 to 2014, and was considered a leading politician of her party for a decade. After the 2014 election, she gradually became a proponent of the right-wing Fidesz government, voicing nationalist and anti-immigrant slogans.