Lászlóné Németh or Zsuzsanna Németh (
née ''Zsuzsanna Serényi''; born 16 July 1953 in
Budapest
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), Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development in
Viktor Orbán
Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has presided over Fidesz since 1993, with a brief break between ...
's government between 23 December 2011 and 6 June 2014.
She was nominated for the position after resignation of
Tamás Fellegi
Tamás László Fellegi (born 7 January 1956) is a Hungarian politician, jurist, political scientist, businessman, who served as Minister of National Development in Viktor Orbán's government from May 29, 2010 to December 14, 2011. After that he w ...
in December 2011. Formerly she was the deputy chief executive and member of the board of directors of the Hungarian Development Bank (MFB). After her appointment, Németh became the only female minister in the current government. The opposition (
Hungarian Socialist Party,
Jobbik
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Originating with radical and nationalist roots, at its beginnings, the party described itself ...
and
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) strongly criticized her because Németh does not hold a degree from a higher education institute. It was probably with her in mind that the MFB changed its rules to allow people onto its board who although lacking a diploma have “at least ten years of relevant experience”, a source told the ''Origo.hu''.
The other point, focused on the fact that “Lászlóné Németh” is her married name, which in
English
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is the equivalent of “Mrs. László Németh”, but that it doesn’t make clear what her actual first name is (later became known that her maiden name is Zsuzsanna Serényi). According to ''
Index.hu
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'', Németh is the third woman minister in Hungarian history to be known solely by her married name, as in previous cases a female minister either served using her maiden name, or the method by which her maiden name followed her husband’s name.
Sources
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1953 births
Living people
Hungarian economists
Government ministers of Hungary
Women government ministers of Hungary
Politicians from Budapest