Tünde Szabó (, born 31 May 1974 in

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, ) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in the Northern Great ...

, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg) is a Hungarian retired female

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and politician. Aged eighteen she won a silver medal at the

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, one at the 1991 World Championships in

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, and two at the 1991 European Championships in

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. On each occasion she finished second behind fellow Hungarian swimmer, Krisztina Egerszegi.

Political career

Szabó was appointed Secretary of State for Sports by minister Zoltán Balog in September 2015, replacing

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, who became

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. She retained her position until 2022, when the secretariat was drawn under the portfolio of the Ministry of Defence. As a candidate of the ruling party

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, Szabó was elected a Member of Parliament for Nyíregyháza ( Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County 1st constituency) in the

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, defeating MSZP politician Judit Csabai. She was re-elected MP for Nyíregyháza in the 2022 parliamentary election. Following the formation of the

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, Minister

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appointed her government commissioner responsible for the economic development of the

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in May 2022.

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* * 1974 births Living people Hungarian female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Hungary World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 2000s Playboy Playmates 20th-century Hungarian lawyers 21st-century Hungarian women politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026) Fidesz politicians {{hungary-swimming-bio-stub