Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki Explained

Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki
Order:Mayor of Kecskemét
Term Start:24 June 2014
Predecessor:Gábor Zombor
Order1:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start1:8 April 2013
Term End1:5 May 2014
Birth Date:4 March 1976
Birth Place:Kecskemét, Hungary
Profession:economist
Party:Fidesz
Spouse:Szabolcs Szemerey
Children:1

Klaudia Szemereyné Pataki (née Pataki; born 4 March 1976)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Bács-Kiskun County Regional List from 2013-14.[2]

She graduated from the Corvinus University of Budapest in 2007, after that she participated in a further education at the University of Exeter in 2011. She served as leader of the Fidesz group in the General Assembly of Kecskemét 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.[1]

Szemereyné Pataki became MP for Bács-Kiskun County in April 2013, replacing her distant relative György Matolcsy, who was appointed Governor of the Hungarian National Bank, and as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on 3 March 2013.[3]

Szemerey-Pataki became interim mayor of Kecskemét on 24 June 2014, replacing fellow Fidesz member Gábor Zombor.[4] She was elected mayor with full term in the 2014 local election.[5] She was re-elected mayor in the 2019 local elections, obtaining 50.21 percent of the vote.[6]

Personal life

She is married to Szabolcs Szemerey.[7] They have two daughters, Szinta and Szelina.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . Országgyűlés. 30 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Register. Országgyűlés. 30 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Szemereyné Pataki Klaudia kapja Matolcsy mandátumát. 26 March 2013. 17 May 2013. Index.hu. Hungarian.
  4. Web site: Mától Szemereyné Pataki Klaudia Kecskemét polgármestere. 24 June 2014. 7 November 2015. Kecskemét Online. Hungarian.
  5. Web site: Szemereyné Pataki Klaudia Kecskemét új polgármestere. 13 October 2014. 7 November 2015. Kecskemét.hu. Hungarian.
  6. Web site: A szavazatok 50,21 %-ával Szemereyné Pataki Klaudia (Fidesz-KDNP) győzőtt Kecskeméten a 2019-es önkormányzati választásokon, így továbbra is ő marad a megyeszékhely polgármestere.. 13 October 2019. 18 October 2019. baon.hu. Hungarian.
  7. Web site: Szemereyné: nem aggályos a férjem 400 milliós MNB-hitele. 10 May 2016. 24.hu. 30 January 2018.
  8. Web site: Anyák napja: Klaudia szemébe mindig könnyet csal a kislánya. Delmagyar.hu. 30 January 2018.