Tünde Szabó (born May 31, 1974, in

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in ...

, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) is a Hungarian retired female swimmer and politician. Aged eighteen she won a silver medal at the

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, one at the 1991 World Championships in

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, and two at the 1991 European Championships in

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. On each occasion she finished second behind fellow Hungarian swimmer, Krisztina Egerszegi.

Political career

Szabó was appointed Secretary of State for Sports by minister Zoltán Balog in September 2015, replacing

István Simicskó István Simicskó (born 29 November 1961) is a Hungarian politician of the governing Fidesz–KDNP coalition. He has been a Member of the National Assembly since 1998. He served as Minister of Defence from 10 September 2015 to 18 May 2018. Studi ...

, who became

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. She retained her position until 2022, when the secretariat was drew under the portfolio of the Ministry of Defence. As a candidate of the ruling party

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 ...

, Szabó was elected a Member of Parliament for Nyíregyháza ( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County 1st constituency) in the

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, defeating

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politician Judit Csabai. She was re-elected MP for Nyíregyháza in the 2022 parliamentary election. Following the formation of the Fifth Orbán Government, Minister

Tibor Navracsics Tibor Navracsics (born Veszprém, Hungary, 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014. He previously served as Minister of Administration and Justice bet ...

appointed her government commissioner responsible for the economic development of the Northern Great Plain in May 2022.

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