Katalin Cseh
Katalin Cseh | |
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.jpg) Cseh in 2020 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Hungary |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1988 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Political party | Momentum Movement |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Politician |
Katalin Cseh (born 29 June 1988) is a Canadian-born Hungarian physician and politician. She was elected as a Momentum Movement (part of the Renew Europe party group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 parliamentary election.
Early life and career
[edit]Katalin Cseh was born on 29 June 1988 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] Her early education was at Toldy Ferenc High School in Budapest, Hungary.[4][5] She graduated from Semmelweis University. In 2015, she obtained a master's degree in Health Economics, Policy, and Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam.[6] In the same year, Cseh co-founded Momentum Movement group with nine others.[6] The group campaigned against the Hungarian government's decision to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. They petitioned for a referendum on the issue and garnered more than 266,000 signatures. This resulted in the government withdrawing their bid.[7]
Momentum Movement became a centrist political party in March 2017.[7] In August 2017, she was appointed to the governing board of the party.[6] Cseh was a candidate for the party in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election.[8] The party did not win any seats in parliament, and the governing board (including Cseh) resigned.[9][10]
European Parliament
[edit]Cseh stood as a candidate for Momentum Movement in the 2019 European parliamentary election. Led by Margrethe Vestager, she was also among the seven-strong "Team Europe" that the centrist Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party picked to spearhead its pro-EU, liberal campaign ahead of the elections.[11]
Cseh was first on her party's list, and was elected as one of its two MEPs (the other being Anna Júlia Donáth) in Hungary.[12][13] In the European Parliament, she is one of the eight vice-chairs of the Renew Europe political group.[14] Cseh is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy (since 2019) and the Subcommittee on Human Rights (since 2020). Since 2021, she has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[15]
In addition to her committee assignments, Cseh is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the United States.[3] She is also a supporter of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[16] the MEP Alliance for Mental Health[17] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[18]
In September 2022, Cseh was the recipient of the People's Choice: Covid-19 Response Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[19] In March 2024, she was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at that year's MEP Awards ceremony.[20]
Political positions
[edit]In 2020, Cseh and Hilde Vautmans initiated an open letter, in which a group of 23 members of the Renew Europe group called on Josep Borrell to push for coordinated sanctions targeted at Chinese leaders and officials responsible for human rights violations in the Xinjiang internment camps and in Hong Kong.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Katalin Cseh". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "EP 2019 Elections: Ones to Watch" (PDF). DeHavilland. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Cseh, Katalin. "Cseh Katalin: Március 15. üzenete" (in Hungarian). kerekasztal-mp.hu. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Mizsur, András (6 September 2017). "Momentum: Hogy egyedül mi növekedünk, az már önmagában győzelem". Heti Világgazdaság (in Hungarian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ a b Varga, Áron (11 April 2017). "Momentum Movement: Is there a bright future for the new Hungarian youth party?". Heinrich Böll Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Budapest főváros 06.számú egyéni választókerület (Budapest VIII. kerület) eredménye" (in Hungarian). National Election Office. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Lemondott a Momentum elnöksége" (in Hungarian). Index. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Juli, Boros (22 December 2018). "Két női listavezetővel indul az EP-választáson a Momentum" (in Hungarian). 444. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Mehreen Khan and Rochelle Toplensky (21 March 2019), Vestager discloses ambition to become next EU commission chief Financial Times.
- ^ "Katalin Cseh". Renew Europe. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Oltermann, Philip; Walker, Shaun; Giuffrida, Angela (27 May 2019). "An NBA star, a TV chef and a comedian: meet some of the new MEPs". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "ALDE Group becomes Renew Europe". Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption.
- ^ MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks.
- ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
- ^ "MEP Awards: Winners 2022". The Parliament Magazine. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars". The Parliament Magazine. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Florian Eder (July 24, 2020), EU must sanction Chinese leaders involved in Uighur oppression, say legislators Politico Europe.
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