Márta Váradiné Naszályi (born 1970), commonly known as Márta V. Naszályi, is a Hungarian landscape architect, horticulturist and politician, who has been the Mayor of Budavár (1st district of

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) since 2019. She is a member of the

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(PM).

Life

Naszályi was born into a middle-class family in 1970 in Budapest. She lives in the 1st district since childhood. Her father Gábor Naszályi is a former electric engineer and typographer, who was imprisoned for his participation in the

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. Her mother Mária Naszályi (

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Bajusz) served as chief notary of the 1st district until her death. Naszályi finished her secondary studies at the Franciscan Gymnasium at

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. She earned a degree of landscape architect engineer at the University of Horticulture and Food Industry (present-day a faculty within the

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). She served as a landscape architect and project manager for Metropolitan Horticultural Nonprofit Co. Ltd. (Főkert) and later worked with various construction companies starting from 1993.

Political career

Naszályi joined

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(LMP) in early 2010. Her name appeared in the party's Budapest Regional List, but did not secure a mandate during the 2010 parliamentary election. She was elected into the local representative body of Budavár (1st district) during the 2010 local elections. She also functioned as professional coordinator for the caucus of LMP in the

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. When the party's “Dialogue for Hungary” platform decided to split from LMP in February 2013, Naszályi was among the founding members of the new party, Dialogue for Hungary (PM). She retained her position in the local representative body of Budavár. She was re-elected as representative during the 2014 local elections. She worked as an environment councilor within the local government for the next five years. She was a member of the presidency of her party from 2016 to 2018. Initially, she was a candidate of the

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–PM electoral alliance for the position of MP for Budapest Constituency I during the 2018 parliamentary election, but, alongside other opposition politicians, withdrew her candidacy in favor of LMP politician

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. She became a member of the General Assembly of Budapest in June 2018, replacing

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, who was elected Member of Parliament two months before. In accordance with their agreement on 6 April 2019, Naszályi was the joint candidate of opposition parties MSZP, PM, DK and

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for the position of mayor of Budavár during the

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; she defeated incumbent mayor

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(

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), who administered the district since 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naszalyi, Marta V. 1970 births Living people Hungarian architects Horticulturists LMP – Hungary's Green Party politicians Dialogue for Hungary politicians Mayors of places in Hungary Politicians from Budapest