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In 2019, Dobrev re-entered politics, as the lead candidate of the [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]]'s [[European Parliament]] list for the [[2019 European Parliament election in Hungary|2019 election]]. With a stunning and surprising,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://index.hu/english/2019/05/26/european_elections_2019_hungary_live/|title=2019 European Elections: Record-high turnout in Hungary|date=2019-05-27|website=index.hu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/megszuletett-a-vegeredmeny-nagy-meglepetesek-az-ep-valasztason.325553.html|title=Megszületett a végeredmény - nagy meglepetések az EP-választáson|website=Portfolio.hu|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://24.hu/belfold/2019/05/27/ep-valasztas/|title=A Fidesz diadalát és ellenzékváltó hangulatot hozott az EP-választás|date=2019-05-27|website=24.hu|language=hu-HU|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> 16.05% result for her party, better than all the surveys predicted, she was elected a [[Member of the European Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.valasztas.hu/ep2019|title=2019|website=Nemzeti Választási Iroda|language=hu-HU|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> Dobrev was elected a [[Vice-President of the European Parliament]] on 3 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://index.hu/kulfold/ep/2019/07/03/ket_magyar_verseng_az_europai_parlament_alelnoksegeert/|title=Dobrev és Járóka az Európai Parlament alelnökei lettek|website=[[Index.hu]]|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>
In 2019, Dobrev re-entered politics, as the lead candidate of the [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]]'s [[European Parliament]] list for the [[2019 European Parliament election in Hungary|2019 election]]. With a stunning and surprising,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://index.hu/english/2019/05/26/european_elections_2019_hungary_live/|title=2019 European Elections: Record-high turnout in Hungary|date=2019-05-27|website=index.hu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.portfolio.hu/gazdasag/megszuletett-a-vegeredmeny-nagy-meglepetesek-az-ep-valasztason.325553.html|title=Megszületett a végeredmény - nagy meglepetések az EP-választáson|website=Portfolio.hu|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://24.hu/belfold/2019/05/27/ep-valasztas/|title=A Fidesz diadalát és ellenzékváltó hangulatot hozott az EP-választás|date=2019-05-27|website=24.hu|language=hu-HU|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> 16.05% result for her party, better than all the surveys predicted, she was elected a [[Member of the European Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.valasztas.hu/ep2019|title=2019|website=Nemzeti Választási Iroda|language=hu-HU|access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> Dobrev was elected a [[Vice-President of the European Parliament]] on 3 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://index.hu/kulfold/ep/2019/07/03/ket_magyar_verseng_az_europai_parlament_alelnoksegeert/|title=Dobrev és Járóka az Európai Parlament alelnökei lettek|website=[[Index.hu]]|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>


In October 2021, Dobrev stated that she was the frontrunner in the [[2021 Hungarian opposition primary|primary election of the coalition]] meant to run united against [[Viktor Orbán]] in the [[2022 Hungarian parliamentary election|2022 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-15|title=Anti-Orbán voters tussle over best candidate: A rising conservative or divisive liberal|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-opposition-conservative-candidate-campaigns-to-take-on-viktor-orban/|date=2021-10-15|website=POLITICO}}</ref> Dobrev gained 34% of the votes in the first round in September 2021, running as the candidate of the [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]] and the [[Hungarian Liberal Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2021/10/01/elovalasztas-ellenzek/|title=Itt az előválasztás első fordulójának végeredménye, mutatjuk a legfontosabb számokat|language=hu|author=Márton Sándor Németh|website=[[Index (Hungarian website)|index.hu]]|date=1 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> In the second round held in October, she received 43% of the votes and was consequently defeated by [[Péter Márki-Zay]] of [[Everybody's Hungary Movement]], who gained 57%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elovalasztas2021.hu/eredmenyek/|title=Az előválasztás eredményei|trans-title=Results of the primary election|language=hu|website=elovalasztas2021.hu|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>
In October 2021, Dobrev stated that she was the frontrunner in the [[2021 Hungarian opposition primary|primary election of the coalition]] meant to run united against [[Viktor Orbán]] in the [[2022 Hungarian parliamentary election|2022 parliamentary election]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-15|title=Anti-Orbán voters tussle over best candidate: A rising conservative or divisive liberal|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-opposition-conservative-candidate-campaigns-to-take-on-viktor-orban/|date=2021-10-15|website=POLITICO}}</ref> Dobrev gained 34% of the votes in the first round in September 2021, running as the candidate of the [[Democratic Coalition (Hungary)|Democratic Coalition]] and the [[Hungarian Liberal Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2021/10/01/elovalasztas-ellenzek/|title=Itt az előválasztás első fordulójának végeredménye, mutatjuk a legfontosabb számokat|language=hu|author=Márton Sándor Németh|website=[[Index (Hungarian website)|index.hu]]|date=1 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> In the second round held in October, she received 43% of the votes and was consequently defeated by [[Péter Márki-Zay]] of the [[Everybody's Hungary Movement]], who gained 57%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elovalasztas2021.hu/eredmenyek/|title=Az előválasztás eredményei|trans-title=Results of the primary election|language=hu|website=elovalasztas2021.hu|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>


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== Other activities ==

Revision as of 02:37, 12 November 2021

The native form of this personal name is Dobrev Klára. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Petrova and the family name is Dobreva.
Klára Dobrev
MEP
Vice-President of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Serving with See List
Member of the European Parliament
for Hungary
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born
Klara Petrova Dobreva

(1972-02-02) 2 February 1972 (age 52)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Political partySocialist Party (before 2011)
Democratic Coalition (2011–present)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
SpouseFerenc Gyurcsány
Children3
RelativesAntal Apró (grandfather)
EducationBudapest University of Economics
Eötvös Loránd University

Klára Dobrev (born Klara Petrova Dobreva, Template:Lang-bg; on 2 February 1972) is a Bulgarian-Hungarian left-wing[1] politician who has been serving as Vice-President of the European Parliament since 2 July 2019.

Early life and education

Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria to a Hungarian mother, Piroska Apró, and a Bulgarian father, Petar Dobrev. Her maternal grandfather, Antal Apró, a communist politician, served as Minister of Industry in the Hungarian People's Republic in the 1950s–60s.

Dobrev holds a degree in economics from the Budapest University of Economics, and a law degree from Eötvös Loránd University. During her years at the University of Economics she was a member of AIESEC, and at the organization's 1992 world conference she was the animator board's vice president responsible for public relations. Dobrev spent her internship at Modi Xerox (now called Xerox India) as a marketing assistant in Bangalore, India.

Klára Dobrev (center) with U.S. Ambassador to Hungary April H. Foley (left) and Nancy Brinker, former ambassador to Hungary (right). Budapest, 10 July 2008

Career

Dobrev has held several government positions in the past, including Chief Cabinet to Péter Medgyessy during the 2002 parliamentary election, and vice-president of the Office for the National Development Plan and EU Support, where she served from 2002 until her husband's nomination for prime minister in 2004, when she resigned.

Dobrev is a senior lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University. She is chairperson of the Hungarian section of the UN Women.[2] Dobrev became CEO of Altus Ltd. in 2009, a development consultant company, owned by her husband.[3]

In 2019, Dobrev re-entered politics, as the lead candidate of the Democratic Coalition's European Parliament list for the 2019 election. With a stunning and surprising,[4][5][6] 16.05% result for her party, better than all the surveys predicted, she was elected a Member of the European Parliament.[7] Dobrev was elected a Vice-President of the European Parliament on 3 July 2019.[8]

In October 2021, Dobrev stated that she was the frontrunner in the primary election of the coalition meant to run united against Viktor Orbán in the 2022 parliamentary election.[9] Dobrev gained 34% of the votes in the first round in September 2021, running as the candidate of the Democratic Coalition and the Hungarian Liberal Party.[10] In the second round held in October, she received 43% of the votes and was consequently defeated by Péter Márki-Zay of the Everybody's Hungary Movement, who gained 57%.[11]

Other activities

Personal life

Dobrev is married to Ferenc Gyurcsány, Prime Minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009.

References

  1. ^ Kőműves, Anita (30 September 2021). "Left-winger aims to become Hungary's first female prime minister". Reuters. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. ^ "UN Women National Committees | U.S. National Committee for UN Women". www.unwomen-usnc.org. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ Dobrev Klára lesz az Altus vezérigazgatója - Origó, 2009.10.01.
  4. ^ "2019 European Elections: Record-high turnout in Hungary". index.hu. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Megszületett a végeredmény - nagy meglepetések az EP-választáson". Portfolio.hu. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  6. ^ "A Fidesz diadalát és ellenzékváltó hangulatot hozott az EP-választás". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. ^ "2019". Nemzeti Választási Iroda (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Dobrev és Járóka az Európai Parlament alelnökei lettek". Index.hu. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Anti-Orbán voters tussle over best candidate: A rising conservative or divisive liberal". POLITICO. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ^ Márton Sándor Németh (1 October 2021). "Itt az előválasztás első fordulójának végeredménye, mutatjuk a legfontosabb számokat". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Az előválasztás eredményei" [Results of the primary election]. elovalasztas2021.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  12. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.

Sources

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