Zsolt Szilágyi (; born July 29, 1968 in Oradea,

Bihor County Bihor County () is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea. Toponymy The origin of ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

) is a

n politician, member of the

Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania ( hu, Erdélyi Magyar Néppárt, EMNP; ro, Partidul Popular Maghiar din Transilvania, PPMT) is a List of political parties in Romania, political party representing the Hungarians in Romania, Hungarian ...

(PPMT). He was a

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; hu, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ; ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian m ...

(UDMR/RMDSZ) deputy for

in the 1990–2004 period. At the 2009 European Parliament election he occupied the fourth position on the UDMR/RMDSZ list. He is the former vice-president of Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT) and was the party's candidate for the

2014 Romanian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Romania in 2014. In the first round on 2 November, the top two of the fourteen candidates qualified in a run-off on 16 November. Victor Ponta, Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party won around ...

. He occupied the tenth position on the ballot. In the first round of the election, Szilágyi received 0.56% of popular vote, subsequently both him and party president Tibor Toró T. submitted their resignation from their respective positions.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szilagyi, Zsolt 1968 births Living people People from Oradea Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania politicians Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Candidates for President of Romania