Katalin Szili | |
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Speaker of the National Assembly | |
In office 15 May 2002 – 14 September 2009 | |
Preceded by | János Áder |
Succeeded by | Béla Katona |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 28 June 1994 – 5 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Barcs, Hungary | 13 May 1956
Political party | KDNP (2023–present) |
Other political affiliations | MSZMP (1983–1989) MSZP (1989–2010) SZU (2010–2014) KTI (2013–2015) Independent (2015–2023) |
Children | 2 |
Profession |
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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.