László Botka
Mayor of Szeged
Assumed office
20 October 2002
Preceded byLászló Bartha
Member of the National Assembly
In office
21 April 2002 – 12 October 2014
In office
29 May 1994 – 24 May 1998
Personal details
Born (1973-02-21) February 21, 1973
Tiszaföldvár, Hungary
Political partyHungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) 1991–2019
SpouseDr Andrea Lugosi
ChildrenZsófia Erzsébet
Veronika Julianna
Valéria
Alma materUniversity of Szeged, Varga Katalin Secondary School (Szolnok)
OccupationPolitician, MP, Mayor
ProfessionLawyer

László Botka (born February 21, 1973) is a Hungarian politician. Botka was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party between 1991 and 2019,[1] and the current mayor of Szeged.[2][3][4]

Biography

László Botka was born on February 21, 1973, in Tiszaföldvár, Hungary, as the first of two sons of Lajos Botka and Julianna Mária Lukács, both secondary school teachers. He attended the Varga Katalin Secondary School in Szolnok. In 1991, he moved to Szeged to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Szeged, from which he graduated in 1997. He joined the Hungarian Socialist Party in 1991. Between 1992 and 1994, he was leader of the socialist youth organization. In 1994, he was elected to represent Szeged in the National Assembly of Hungary, becoming the youngest of the MPs. He lost his seat in the general elections held in 1998, but he was re-elected in 2002, 2006 and 2010. In 2002, he was elected to Mayor of Szeged; he was re-elected in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2019.

Upon the resignation of Attila Mesterházy following the disastrous 2014 European Parliament election, Botka was elected interim leader of the Socialist Party as chairman of the organization's National Election Committee.[5]

Personal life

Botka is married to Dr Andrea Lugosi.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Már Botka László sem kér az MSZP-ből". Origo (in Hungarian). October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Király, András (November 12, 2011). "Botka ugrott Mesterházy startjelére". Index (in Hungarian). Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Szili Katalin nem lesz rajta az MSZP országos listáján" (in Hungarian). Inforadio.hu. December 4, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Szabó Gábor: Az SZTE megfelel a gazdaság igényeinek". Délmagyar (in Hungarian). July 24, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Botka átvette az MSZP irányítását". HVG (in Hungarian). May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ - Botka László vagyonnyilatkozata - 2003. február
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