Rebeka Katalin Szabó (born November 20, 1977) is a Hungarian biologist, ecologist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from

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(LMP) National List between 2010 and 2014, and again from Dialogue – The Greens' Party since 2022.

Education

She earned a degree in biology at Faculty of Science of the

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Political career

She was a founding member of the LMP party between 2009 and 2013. She was elected to the National Assembly from the party's National List during the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election. She had been a member of the Committee on Agriculture between May 14, 2010 and February 11, 2013. She became a member of the Committee of National Cohesion on February 25, 2013. In January 2013, the LMP's congress rejected against the electoral cooperation with other opposition forces, including

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. As a result members of LMP’s “Dialogue for Hungary” platform, including Rebeka Szabó, announced their decision to leave the opposition party and form a new organization. Benedek Jávor said he eight MPs leaving LMP would keep their parliamentary mandates. The leaving MPs established Dialogue for Hungary as a full-fledged party. In November 2014, Szabó was elected to the

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council, where she became Deputy Mayor. In April 2022, Szabó was elected member of the Hungarian

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from the coalition list of United for Hungary, once

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resigned his seat from the list. Szabó was elected co-leader of the Dialogue for Hungary, alongside Bence Tordai in July 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szabo, Rebeka 1977 births Living people Hungarian biologists Hungarian ecologists Women members of the National Assembly of Hungary Eötvös Loránd University alumni LMP – Hungary's Green Party politicians Dialogue for Hungary politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026) Politicians from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian women politicians