József Berényi (born 6 June 1967) is a
Hungarian minority politician from Slovakia. He was the Chairman of the
Party of the Hungarian Coalition
The Party of the Hungarian Community ( hu, Magyar Közösség Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej komunity; SMK-MKP), formerly known as Party of the Hungarian Coalition ( hu, Magyar Koalíció Pártja, sk, Strana maďarskej koalície), was a politi ...
of
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
in 2010-2016.
Biography
From 1994 to 1995, Berényi was a researcher for
The New School
The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...
.
In 1995, he became a foreign political secretary for
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 ...
. Later, he served as an advisor to the Minister of Construction and Region Development and Director of the Regional Development Department of Slovakia. In 2002, Berényi became State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Berényi is married with two children.
References
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Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010
Party of the Hungarian Community politicians
Comenius University alumni
Central European University alumni
1967 births
Living people
People from Dunajská Streda District
Hungarians in Slovakia