Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki (

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''Pataki''; born 4 March 1976) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from

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 ...

Bács-Kiskun County Bács-Kiskun (, ) is a county (''vármegye'' in Hungarian) located in southern Hungary. It was created by the merger of the pre-World War II Bács-Bodrog and the southern parts of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun counties. With an area of 8,445 km2, ...

Regional List from 2013-14. She graduated from 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, ...

in 2007, after that she participated in a further education at the

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in 2011. She served as leader of the Fidesz group in the General Assembly of

Kecskemét Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun. Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...

between 2006 and 2010. She currently serves as deputy mayor for economic affairs since 2008. She functioned as Ministerial Commissioner for Automotive Course, Research and Development between 6 December 2012 and 3 March 2013. Szemereyné Pataki became MP for Bács-Kiskun County in April 2013, replacing her distant relative

György Matolcsy György Huba Matolcsy (born 18 July 1955, Budapest) is a Hungary, Hungarian politician and economist, current governor of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB). He also served as Minister of Finance (Hungary), Minister of National Economy from 2000 ...

, who was appointed Governor of the Hungarian National Bank, and as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on 3 March 2013. Szemerey-Pataki became interim mayor of Kecskemét on 24 June 2014, replacing fellow Fidesz member Gábor Zombor. She was elected mayor with full term in the 2014 local election. She was re-elected mayor in the 2019 local elections, obtaining 50.21 percent of the vote.

Personal life

She is married to Szabolcs Szemerey. They have two daughters, Szinta and Szelina.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szemereyné Pataki, Klaudia 1976 births Living people Hungarian economists Fidesz politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Women members of the National Assembly of Hungary Mayors of places in Hungary People from Kecskemét Corvinus University of Budapest alumni 21st-century Hungarian women politicians