Tünde Szabó (born May 31, 1974, in
Nyíregyháza,
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) is a
Hungarian retired female
swimmer
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and politician.
Aged eighteen she won a silver medal at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona, one at the
1991 World Championships in
Perth, and two at the
1991 European Championships in
Athens. On each occasion she finished second behind fellow Hungarian swimmer,
Krisztina Egerszegi
Krisztina Egerszegi (; born 16 August 1974) is a Hungarian former world record holding swimmer and one of the greatest Hungarian Olympic champions of the modern era. She is a three-time Olympian (1988, 1992 and 1996) and five-time Olympic ch ...
.
Political career
Szabó was appointed Secretary of State for Sports by minister
Zoltán Balog in September 2015, replacing
István Simicskó, who became
Minister of Defence. 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, Szabó was elected a Member of Parliament for Nyíregyháza (
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County 1st constituency) in the
2018 Hungarian parliamentary election
The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election took place on 8 April 2018. This parliamentary election was the eighth since the 1990 first multi-party election and the second since the adoption of a new Constitution of Hungary which came into force on ...
, defeating
MSZP
The Hungarian Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Párt), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary.
It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution a ...
politician
Judit Csabai. She was re-elected MP for Nyíregyháza in the
2022 parliamentary election.
Following the formation of the
Fifth Orbán Government
The fifth Orbán government is the current Government of Hungary since 24 May 2022, following the 2022 parliamentary elections, led by Viktor Orbán.
Party breakdown
Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:
Members of the Cabinet
Composition
Or ...
, Minister
Tibor Navracsics appointed her government commissioner responsible for the economic development of the
Northern Great Plain
The Northern Great Plain ( hu, Észak-Alföld) is a statistical ( NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Sza ...
in May 2022.
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1974 births
Living people
Female backstroke swimmers
Olympic swimmers of Hungary
Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Hungary
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in swimming
2000s Playboy Playmates
20th-century Hungarian lawyers
21st-century Hungarian women politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)
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