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'''Dr. István Ujhelyi''' (born 28 February 1975)<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|url=http://mszp.hu/parttag/ujhelyi_istvan |title=István Ujhelyi CV|publisher=mszp.hu}}</ref> is a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[politician]] from the [[Hungarian Socialist Party]], who was MP in the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly of Hungary]] between 2002 and 2014.<ref name="Register">{{cite web|url=http://parlament.hu/internet/plsql/ogy_kpv.kepv_adat?p_azon=u004&p_ckl=39 |title=''Register'' |publisher=[[National Assembly of Hungary|Országgyűlés]]}}</ref>
'''Dr. István Ujhelyi''' (born 28 February 1975)<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|url=http://mszp.hu/parttag/ujhelyi_istvan |title=István Ujhelyi CV|publisher=mszp.hu}}</ref> is a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[politician]] from the [[Hungarian Socialist Party]], who was MP in the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly of Hungary]] between 2002 and 2014.<ref name="Register">{{cite web|url=http://parlament.hu/internet/plsql/ogy_kpv.kepv_adat?p_azon=u004&p_ckl=39 |title=''Register'' |publisher=[[National Assembly of Hungary|Országgyűlés]]}}</ref> He served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 2014 to 2024.


==Life==
==Life==
Ujhelyi finished Tóth Árpád Grammar School in [[Debrecen]] in 1993. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the [[University of Szeged]] in 2002. He went on a political study tour to [[London]] as a scholarship-holder of the [[Council of Europe]] and to [[Washington, D.C.]] on an American scholarship. He was delegated by the youth organizations to the Board of Trustees of the [[Hungarian Television|Hungarian Television Public Foundation]] and later of the [[Magyar Rádió|Hungarian Radio Public Foundation]]. Also in 1999, he was elected a member of the governing body of the Hungarian UN Society.<ref name="Biography"/>
Ujhelyi finished Tóth Árpád Grammar School in [[Debrecen]] in 1993. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the [[University of Szeged]] in 2002. He went on a political study tour to [[London]] as a scholarship-holder of the [[Council of Europe]] and to [[Washington, D.C.]], on an American scholarship. He was delegated by the youth organizations to the board of trustees of the [[Hungarian Television|Hungarian Television Public Foundation]] and later of the [[Magyar Rádió|Hungarian Radio Public Foundation]]. Also in 1999, he was elected a member of the governing body of the Hungarian UN Society.<ref name="Biography"/>


==Political career==
==Political career==
Ujhelyi joined the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 1993. He was national vice-president of the Left-wing Youth Association from 1995; when the Association changed its name to Young Left-wing in 1999, he remained national vice-president, and has been national president since 2002. He was confirmed in his presidency on February 2004. He was elected president of the local branch of the party, and served as vice-president of its [[Csongrád County]] organization from 1998 to 2000. He has been president of the Youth Section of the Socialist Party since 1996, as well as a member of the National Board and, since November 2002, of the national presidium of the party. In 2003 he was elected again to the Socialist Party's most important body, the national presidium. He was elected a representative of the Szeged City Assembly in both the 1994 and 1998 local elections. From 16 October 2004 he was national vice-president and the youngest member of the presidium.<ref name="Biography"/>
Ujhelyi joined the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 1993. He was national vice-president of the Left-wing Youth Association from 1995; when the Association changed its name to Young Left-wing in 1999, he remained national vice-president, and has been national president since 2002. He was confirmed in his presidency in February 2004. He was elected president of the local branch of the party, and served as vice-president of its [[Csongrád County]] organization from 1998 to 2000. He has been president of the Youth Section of the Socialist Party since 1996, as well as a member of the National Board and, since November 2002, of the national presidium of the party. In 2003 he was elected again to the Socialist Party's most important body, the national presidium. He was elected a representative of the Szeged City Assembly in both the 1994 and 1998 local elections. From 16 October 2004 he was national vice-president and the youngest member of the presidium.<ref name="Biography"/>


===Member of the National Assembly, 2002–2014===
===Member of the National Assembly, 2002–2014===
Ujhelyi first ran in the [[Hungarian parliamentary election, 1998|1998 parliamentary elections]]. He later secured a mandate in the [[Hungarian parliamentary election, 2002|2002 parliamentary election]] for [[Szeged]], Csongrád County Constituency I. He was an alternate member of the Hungarian delegation to the [[NATO Parliamentary Assembly]].<ref name="Biography"/> From 2004 he served as a governmental commissioner for Child and Youth Affairs. In the [[Hungarian parliamentary election, 2006|parliamentary election in 2006]] he obtained an individual mandate for Szeged. He was the State Secretary of the Ministry for Local Government and Regional Development between 1 July 2006 and 14 May 2008. After that he served as State Secretary of Prime Minister's Office from 21 April 2009 to 29 May 2010 in the [[Cabinet of Gordon Bajnai]].<ref name="Register"/>
Ujhelyi first ran in the [[1998 Hungarian parliamentary election|1998 parliamentary elections]]. He later secured a mandate in the [[2002 Hungarian parliamentary election|2002 parliamentary election]] for [[Szeged]], Csongrád County Constituency I. He was an alternate member of the Hungarian delegation to the [[NATO Parliamentary Assembly]].<ref name="Biography"/> From 2004 he served as a governmental commissioner for Child and Youth Affairs. In the [[2006 Hungarian parliamentary election|parliamentary election in 2006]] he obtained an individual mandate for Szeged. He was the State Secretary of the Ministry for Local Government and Regional Development between 1 July 2006 and 14 May 2008. After that he served as State Secretary of Prime Minister's Office from 21 April 2009 to 29 May 2010 in the [[Cabinet of Gordon Bajnai]].<ref name="Register"/>


In the [[Hungarian parliamentary election, 2010|2010 national election]] Ujhelyi was elected to the [[National Assembly of Hungary]] again from the party's national list. His party nominated him for the position of one of the [[List of Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary|deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary]].<ref name="Register"/>
In the [[2010 Hungarian parliamentary election|2010 national election]] Ujhelyi was elected to the [[National Assembly of Hungary]] again from the party's national list. His party nominated him for the position of one of the [[List of Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary|deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary]].<ref name="Register"/>


===Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present===
===Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2024===
Ujhelyi was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in the [[European Parliament election, 2014 (Hungary)|May 2014 European Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=29 May 2014|url=http://index.hu/kulfold/ep/2014/05/25/ok_lesznek_az_ep-kepviselok/|title=Ők lesznek az EP-képviselők|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He has since been serving as vice chairman of the [[Committee on Transport and Tourism]] under the leadership of chairman [[Michael Cramer (politician)|Michael Cramer]] and later [[Karima Delli]].
Ujhelyi was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in the [[2014 European Parliament election in Hungary|May 2014 European Parliament election]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=29 May 2014|url=http://index.hu/kulfold/ep/2014/05/25/ok_lesznek_az_ep-kepviselok/|title=Ők lesznek az EP-képviselők|date=25 May 2014}}</ref> He has since been serving as vice chairman of the [[Committee on Transport and Tourism]] under the leadership of chairman [[Michael Cramer (politician)|Michael Cramer]] and later [[Karima Delli]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members {{!}} Home {{!}} TRAN {{!}} Committees {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/tran/home/members |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>


In addition to his committee assignments, Ujhelyi is a member of the parliament’s delegation for relations with the [[People's Republic of China]] and a substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignment, Ujhelyi is a substitute member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the [[People's Republic of China]], Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Subcommittee on Public Health.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Home {{!}} István UJHELYI {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/124705/ISTVAN_UJHELYI/home |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> He is also a member of the European Internet Forum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Political members |url=https://www.internetforum.eu/committee/political-member.html |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=www.internetforum.eu}}</ref>

Following the [[2022 Hungarian parliamentary election]], In April 2022, Ujhelyi showed interest in running for MSZP leadership and he proposed a new name "Opportunity – Party Community of Hungarian Social Democrats" ({{langx|hu|Esély – Magyar Szociáldemokraták Pártközössége}}).<ref>{{cite web|work=infostart|url=https://infostart.hu/belfold/2022/06/29/ujhelyi-istvan-megsem-akar-mszp-elnok-lenni|title=Ujhelyi István mégsem akar MSZP-elnök lenni|date=29 June 2022|access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref> On 2 October 2022, Ujhelyi announced that he is leaving the Hungarian Socialist Party,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-02 |title=Kilép az MSZP-ből Ujhelyi István |url=https://24.hu/belfold/2022/10/02/kilep-az-mszp-bol-ujhelyi-istvan/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=24.hu |language=hu}}</ref> criticizing "MSZP's lack of vision".<ref>{{cite web|title=Ungarischer sozialistischer Abgeordneter soll Mandat zurückgeben|work=Ungarn heute|date=3 October 2022|access-date=14 January 2024|url=https://ungarnheute.hu/news/ungarischer-sozialistischer-abgeordneter-soll-mandat-zurueckgeben-15281/}}</ref> The party demanded he return his parliamentary seat.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-03 |title=Hungarian Socialist MEP Told to Hand Back Mandate |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-socialist-mep-told-to-hand-back-mandate/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Hungary Today |language=en}}</ref> Shortly before he left the party, Ujhelyi founded ''Esély Közösség'', a community for social democrats, which transformed itself into a party after Ujhelyi's quit from MSZP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Az Esélyt választja Ujhelyi az MSZP "szemellenzős jövőtlensége" helyett |url=https://hirado.hu/belfold/belpolitika/cikk/2022/10/03/az-eselyt-valasztja-ujhelyi-az-mszp-szemellenzos-jovotlensege-helyett/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=hirado.hu |language=hu}}</ref>

In September 2022, Ujhelyi was the recipient of the Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award at ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]'''s annual [[The_Parliament_Magazine#The_MEP_Awards|MEP Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mepawards.eu/winners-2022/|title=MEP Awards: Winners 2022|date=21 September 2022|work=[[The Parliament Magazine]]|accessdate=24 August 2023}}</ref>

In June 2023, Ujhelyi announced he would end his career as an MEP and not run in the [[2024 European Parliament election|2024 Parliament election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-06-02 |title=A párt nélkül maradt Ujhelyi István befejezi EP-képviselői pályafutását |url=https://magyarnemzet.hu/belfold/2023/06/a-part-nelkul-maradt-ujhelyi-istvan-befejezi-ep-kepviseloi-palyafutasat |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=magyarnemzet.hu |language=hu}}</ref> Ujhelyi was appointed ambassador of the [[UN Tourism]] in [[Brussels]] in June 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-06-02 |title=Ujhelyi István az EP-mandátuma lejártát követően ENSZ-nagykövetként folytatja |url=https://hvg.hu/itthon/20240601_ujhelyi-istvan-ensz-nagykovet |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=hvg.hu |language=hu}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://mszp.hu/tagok/ujhelyi-istvan Biography] {{hu}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090503104554/http://mszp.hu/tagok/ujhelyi-istvan Biography] {{in lang|hu}}

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Latest revision as of 18:56, 19 October 2024

The native form of this personal name is Ujhelyi István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
István Ujhelyi
MEP
Member of the National Assembly
In office
15 May 2002 – 5 May 2014
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2014
Personal details
Born (1975-02-28) 28 February 1975 (age 49)
Berettyóújfalu, Hungary
Political party Hungarian:
MSZP (1993–2022)
Opportunity Community (2023–)
 EU:
Party of European Socialists
SpouseÉva Péntek
Children
  • Balázs
  • Eszter
  • Emese
  • Enikő
  • Csenge
Professionpolitician

Dr. István Ujhelyi (born 28 February 1975)[1] is a Hungarian politician from the Hungarian Socialist Party, who was MP in the National Assembly of Hungary between 2002 and 2014.[2] He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2024.

Life

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Ujhelyi finished Tóth Árpád Grammar School in Debrecen in 1993. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Szeged in 2002. He went on a political study tour to London as a scholarship-holder of the Council of Europe and to Washington, D.C., on an American scholarship. He was delegated by the youth organizations to the board of trustees of the Hungarian Television Public Foundation and later of the Hungarian Radio Public Foundation. Also in 1999, he was elected a member of the governing body of the Hungarian UN Society.[1]

Political career

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Ujhelyi joined the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 1993. He was national vice-president of the Left-wing Youth Association from 1995; when the Association changed its name to Young Left-wing in 1999, he remained national vice-president, and has been national president since 2002. He was confirmed in his presidency in February 2004. He was elected president of the local branch of the party, and served as vice-president of its Csongrád County organization from 1998 to 2000. He has been president of the Youth Section of the Socialist Party since 1996, as well as a member of the National Board and, since November 2002, of the national presidium of the party. In 2003 he was elected again to the Socialist Party's most important body, the national presidium. He was elected a representative of the Szeged City Assembly in both the 1994 and 1998 local elections. From 16 October 2004 he was national vice-president and the youngest member of the presidium.[1]

Member of the National Assembly, 2002–2014

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Ujhelyi first ran in the 1998 parliamentary elections. He later secured a mandate in the 2002 parliamentary election for Szeged, Csongrád County Constituency I. He was an alternate member of the Hungarian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[1] From 2004 he served as a governmental commissioner for Child and Youth Affairs. In the parliamentary election in 2006 he obtained an individual mandate for Szeged. He was the State Secretary of the Ministry for Local Government and Regional Development between 1 July 2006 and 14 May 2008. After that he served as State Secretary of Prime Minister's Office from 21 April 2009 to 29 May 2010 in the Cabinet of Gordon Bajnai.[2]

In the 2010 national election Ujhelyi was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary again from the party's national list. His party nominated him for the position of one of the deputy speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary.[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–2024

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Ujhelyi was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the May 2014 European Parliament election.[3] He has since been serving as vice chairman of the Committee on Transport and Tourism under the leadership of chairman Michael Cramer and later Karima Delli.[4]

In addition to his committee assignment, Ujhelyi is a substitute member of the parliament's delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Subcommittee on Public Health.[5] He is also a member of the European Internet Forum.[6]

Following the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, In April 2022, Ujhelyi showed interest in running for MSZP leadership and he proposed a new name "Opportunity – Party Community of Hungarian Social Democrats" (Hungarian: Esély – Magyar Szociáldemokraták Pártközössége).[7] On 2 October 2022, Ujhelyi announced that he is leaving the Hungarian Socialist Party,[8] criticizing "MSZP's lack of vision".[9] The party demanded he return his parliamentary seat.[10] Shortly before he left the party, Ujhelyi founded Esély Közösség, a community for social democrats, which transformed itself into a party after Ujhelyi's quit from MSZP.[11]

In September 2022, Ujhelyi was the recipient of the Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[12]

In June 2023, Ujhelyi announced he would end his career as an MEP and not run in the 2024 Parliament election.[13] Ujhelyi was appointed ambassador of the UN Tourism in Brussels in June 2024.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "István Ujhelyi CV". mszp.hu.
  2. ^ a b c "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. ^ "Ők lesznek az EP-képviselők". 25 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Members | Home | TRAN | Committees | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. ^ "Home | István UJHELYI | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  6. ^ "Political members". www.internetforum.eu. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  7. ^ "Ujhelyi István mégsem akar MSZP-elnök lenni". infostart. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Kilép az MSZP-ből Ujhelyi István". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  9. ^ "Ungarischer sozialistischer Abgeordneter soll Mandat zurückgeben". Ungarn heute. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Hungarian Socialist MEP Told to Hand Back Mandate". Hungary Today. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  11. ^ "Az Esélyt választja Ujhelyi az MSZP "szemellenzős jövőtlensége" helyett". hirado.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  12. ^ "MEP Awards: Winners 2022". The Parliament Magazine. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  13. ^ "A párt nélkül maradt Ujhelyi István befejezi EP-képviselői pályafutását". magyarnemzet.hu (in Hungarian). 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  14. ^ "Ujhelyi István az EP-mandátuma lejártát követően ENSZ-nagykövetként folytatja". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 2024-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
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