Zsolt Horváth (born March 29, 1969) is a Hungarian jurist and politician,

member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the represen ...

(MP) for

Veszprém Veszprém (; , , , ) is one of the oldest urban areas in Hungary, and a city with county rights. It lies approximately north of the Lake Balaton. It is the administrative center of the county of the same name. Etymology The city's name derives ...

(

Veszprém County Veszprém (, ; ) is an administrative county (''vármegye'') in Hungary. Veszprém is also the name of the capital city of Veszprém county. Veszprém county Veszprém county lies in western Hungary. It covers the Bakony hills and the norther ...

Constituency VI) between 2006 and 2014. He studied law at the

Pázmány Péter Catholic University Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) ( (''PPKE'')) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church in Hungary, Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an insti ...

between 1997 and 2002. He joined

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; ) is a national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. It has increasingly identified as illiberal. Originally formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as ...

in 2005. He won a mandate to the National Assembly in a by-election, replacing his uncle

Balázs Horváth Balázs Horváth (13 August 1942, Budapest – 2 July 2006) was an Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. He was a lawyer, a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budap ...

, a former

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

, who died on July 2, 2006. He became also Member of Parliament for Veszprém during the

2010 Hungarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 11 and 25 April 2010 to elect the members of the National Assembly. They were the sixth free elections since the end of the communist era. 386 Members of Parliament (MPs) were elected in a combine ...

. He was a member of the Constitutional, Judicial and Standing Orders Committee since 2006, therefore he participated in the drawing up of the new constitution in 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horvath, Zsolt 1969 births Living people Hungarian jurists Fidesz politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) People from Veszprém