István Hollik (born in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

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on January 23, 1982) is a Hungarian politician. He is a member of National Assembly of Hungary (''Országgyűlés)'' since May 8, 2018. He is a member of the

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 ...

and has also served as the spokesman for Fidesz from 2020.

Early life and career

István Hollik was born in 1982 in

. While he was a child, he and his family moved to

Nagymaros Nagymaros (, ) is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Etymology The name comes from ''Maroš'', the Slavic form of Marianus. Nagymaros—"Greater Maros" ( Hungarian). The first written mention is ''Morus'' (1257). Notable people * György Szabado ...

. He graduated from the Piarist High School in

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and continued his studies at the Faculty of Education of

Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University (, ELTE, also known as ''University of Budapest'') is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in ...

and the

Corvinus University of Budapest Corvinus University of Budapest () is a private university, private research university in Budapest, Hungary. The university currently has an enrolment of approximately 9,600 students, with a primary focus on business administration, economics, ...

- End of the Century Political School. He has been a member of the Youth Christian Democratic Union since 2003. He has been vice-president of the organization since 2005 and president from 2013 to 2015. He joined the

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in 2004 and has been a member of

ever since. In 2010, he worked in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice as the editor-in-chief of kormany.hu, a government portal. In 2012, he became the chief political adviser to the Ministry of Human Resources. Until his election as a Member of Parliament in 2015, he served as the Strategic Director of the New Generation Center. He worked as the

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for the

Fourth Orbán Government The fourth Orbán government (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''negyedik Orbán-kormány'') was the Government of Hungary from 18 May 2018 to 24 May 2022, after the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, 2018 parliamentary elections, led by Viktor ...

from 2018 to 31 December 2019. In January 2019, he was nominated by

as a Member of Parliament due to the death of Ferenc Hirt. As of 18 February 2019, he was appointed Government Commissioner for domestic communications.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hollik, István Living people 1982 births Politicians from Budapest People from Nagymaros Eötvös Loránd University alumni Corvinus University of Budapest alumni Fidesz politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026) Government spokespersons of Hungary