György Buzinkay (born György Ferenc Buzinkay in Budapest in 1989) is a Hungarian politician, politologist and economist. He was a chairman for Momentum Movement.[1] He was the candidate of United for Hungary at the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election.

György Buzinkay
Buzinkay György
Born (1989-08-09) August 9, 1989 (age 34)
NationalityHungarian
EducationToldy Ferenc High School
Eötvös Loránd University
Corvinus University of Budapest
OccupationPolitician
TitleChairman of Momentum Movement
TermJune 2018 - June 2020
Political partyMomentum Movement (2017-2022)
Democratic Coalition (Hungary) (2022-)

Family edit

His father is Géza Buzinkay,[2] a historian while his mother is Krisztina Rozsnyai, the official in charge of Magyar Felsőoktatási Akkreditációs Bizottság (Hungarian higher education accreditation commission).[3] He is a member of the historic Buzinkay family. He lives in Szentendre.[4]

Education edit

He graduated from Eötvös Loránd University with bachelors in political science then he went to Corvinus University of Budapest where he received his masters in public management and public policy.[5]

Politics edit

He is a founder of the Momentum Movement and was its chairman from 2018.[6]

His party started him in the 2021 Hungarian opposition primary in Pest County 3rd parliamentary individual constituency[7][8] which he won.[9] In the 2022 elections he lost to Eszter Vitályos, the candidate of Fidesz.[10]

In December 2022 he left Momentum and is now part of the Democratic Coalition party.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Ismét Fekete-Győr András lett a Momentum elnöke". azonnali.hu. 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  2. ^ "MAGYAR CSALÁDTÖRTÉNETI ADATTÁR". macse.hu. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  3. ^ "Nagykövet látogatása a MAB-ban". mab.hu.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Beszélgetés Buzinkay Györggyel! – Szentendre". momentum.hu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. ^ Buzinkay, György (2018). Demográfia, népesedéspolitikák, migráció. Corvinus University of Budapest. szd.lib.uni-corvinus.hu (phd).
  6. ^ "Fekete-Győr András marad a Momentum elnöke « Mérce". Mérce (in Hungarian). 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
  7. ^ "Buzinkay György". mszp.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  8. ^ Tamás, Nótin (2021-01-25). "Ilyen a boksz: új és régi nevek a csatatéren". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  9. ^ "Az előválasztás eredményei". Előválasztás 2021 (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  10. ^ "Nemzeti Választási Iroda - Országgyűlési Választás 2022". vtr.valasztas.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  11. ^ "A momentumos Buzinkay György átlépett a DK-ba". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.