Ágnes Hankiss (born Ágnes Erdős; 7 March 1950 – 17 August 2021) was a
Hungarian politician and elected
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
(MEP) with
Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán.
It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...
, a member of the
European People's Party.
Hankiss
/ref> She was born and died in Budapest
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, Hungary
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.
Hankiss is best known in English for her 1992 historical novel ''A Hungarian Romance: A Novel''.
See also
*2009 European Parliament election in Hungary
The 2009 European Parliament election in Hungary was the election of the delegation from Hungary to the European Parliament in 2009. Hungary delegated 22 members to the European Parliament based on the Nice treaty and the election took place on 7 ...
References
1950 births
2021 deaths
Politicians from Budapest
Fidesz MEPs
MEPs for Hungary 2009–2014
Women MEPs for Hungary
Hungarian Jews
20th-century Hungarian politicians
20th-century Hungarian women politicians
21st-century Hungarian politicians
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