31 Facts About Katalin Szili

Katalin Szili was born on 13 May 1956 and 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.

Katalin Szili was Member of Parliament from 1994 to 2014, and was considered a leading politician of her party for a decade.

Katalin Szili was born into a family of bourgeois origin on 13 May 1956 in Barcs, Somogy County.

At the age of twelve, Katalin Szili lost her left hand as a result of an accident, when a grenade exploded in her hand.

Katalin Szili finished her secondary studies at the Nagy Lajos Secondary Grammar School of Pecs in 1974.

Katalin Szili obtained a doctorate in law at the Janus Pannonius University in 1981.

Katalin Szili graduated from the Department of Human Ecology of the Eotvos Lorand University between 1990 and 1992, and earned a degree in political science in Pecs in 2001.

Katalin Szili became a member of the leadership of the Hungarian Society of Human Ecologists in 1992.

Katalin Szili became an honorary associate professor at the University of Pecs in 2008.

Katalin Szili became a founding member of its legal successor, the Hungarian Socialist Party on 15 November 1989, and participated in the establishment of its local branch in Pecs.

Katalin Szili ran as a candidate in the 1990 parliamentary election in Pecs, and finished third in the second round, while Andras Pap obtained the mandate.

Katalin Szili was elected to the municipal assembly of Pecs during a by-election in 1992.

Katalin Szili was nominated individual candidate in Pecs, but her name appeared at the first place on the regional county list of MSZP during the 1994 parliamentary election.

Katalin Szili obtained the mandate in the constituency, defeating Tibor Nemeth and Andras Pap.

Katalin Szili was elected chairperson of the local branch of her party in Pecs in 1997.

Katalin Szili was re-elected MP for Pecs in the 1998,2002 and 2006 parliamentary elections.

Katalin Szili served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly between 1998 and 2002.

Katalin Szili was the candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party for presidency in the 2005 Hungarian presidential election.

Katalin Szili lost the election on 7 June 2005 to opposition nominee Laszlo Solyom.

In 2009 Katalin Szili was the mayoral candidate of MSZP for the mayor of a major Hungarian city, Pecs.

Katalin Szili came to be considered inner opposition inside the MSZP since 2009.

In 2009 Katalin Szili resigned from her position as speaker of Parliament, She was succeeded by Bela Katona of MSZP.

Katalin Szili formed the Movement of Alliance for the Future in 2010 and had her own candidates in some areas in the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election.

Katalin Szili was elected to the Parliament of Hungary via the Baranya County Party list where she was chairperson of the local MSZP branch.

In 2011 Katalin Szili became a member of the Nemzeti Konzultacios Testulet preparing the new constitution.

Katalin Szili was appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Sustainable Development on 25 February 2013.

Katalin Szili voted "no" in the 2016 migrant quota referendum, because she "supports the long-term protection of the entire European Judeo-Christian cultural community".

Katalin Szili explained the failures of her later small parties by a lack of financial means.

Katalin Szili actively campaigned for Fidesz during the 2018 parliamentary election.

Katalin Szili stated just before the 2019 European Parliament election that the election will be a "struggle between supporters and opponents of migration", quoting the words of Viktor Orban.

Katalin Szili joined the Christian Democratic People's Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Fidesz, on 31 March 2023.