Annamária Vicsek ( sr, Анамарија Вичек, Anamarija Viček; born 9 February 1973) is a Serbian politician from the country's

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community. She has served two terms in the

National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-cyr, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ) is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are proportionally elected to four-year terms by secret ballot. The a ...

and has been a secretary of state since 2016 in Serbia's Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development. In Serbian politics, Vicsek is a member of the

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ( hu, Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség; sr, Савез војвођанских Мађара, Savez vojvođanskih Mađara; abbr. СВМ, SVM, or VMSZ) is a regionalist political party in Serbia representing th ...

(VMSZ). In April 2024, Hungary's

Fidesz–KDNP Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance ( hu, Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity ( hu, Magyar Szolidaritás Szövetsége), is a right-wing national conservative political alliance of two political pa ...

alliance announced that Viscek would appear on its

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in the

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Early life and career

Vicsek was born in

Subotica Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is ...

, in what was then the

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in the

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. She received her primary and secondary school education in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the P ...

, graduated from the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education in

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, and later took post-graduate studies at

Eötvös Loránd University Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...

. In 2008, she received a

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in pedagogy from the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; hu, Újvidéki Egyetem) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of ...

. She is a speech therapist and development instructor and has designed a number of continuing education programs inclusive of children with special needs. Since 2010, she has led the developmental department at the Pedagogical Institute of Vojvodina in Novi Sad.

Politician

Serbia

Vicsek joined the VMSZ in 2008 and has served on the presidency of its Novi Sad city board. She was given the sixth position on the party's

in the

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and narrowly missed receiving an assembly mandate when the list won five seats. She received the same position in the 2014 parliamentary election and was elected to her first term when the list won six seats. The

Serbian Progressive Party The Serbian Progressive Party ( sr-cyrl, Српска напредна странка, Srpska napredna stranka, SNS) has been the ruling political party of Serbia since 2012. Founded by Tomislav Nikolić and Aleksandar Vučić in 2008 as a ...

(SNS) won a majority government in the 2014 cycle, and the VMSZ afterward supported the administration in the assembly. Vicsek was a member of the education committee,, the labour committee, and the health and family committee; a deputy member of the committee on constitutional affairs and legislation and the committee on the rights of the child; and a member of Serbia's parliamentary friendship groups with

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and

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. She was promoted to the fifth position on the VMSZ's list in the

2016 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election claiming Serbia "needs four ...

and missed election when the list fell to four mandates. The party again provided parliamentary support for the SNS-led administration, and in September 2016 Vicsek was appointed as a secretary of state in the education ministry. In this position, she was responsible for overseeing pre-school education, inclusion, education of minority communities and vulnerable groups, and the prevention and overcoming of violence and discrimination in education. She also played a leading role in co-ordinating the ministry's response to the

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in 2020. The VMSZ led a successful drive to increase its voter turnout in the 2020 parliamentary election and won a record nine seats. Vicsek, who again appeared in the fifth position on the party's list, was elected to a second term. The SNS again won a majority victory. When the new administration was formed, Vicsek was again appointed as a secretary of state in the education ministry and so resigned her assembly seat on 27 November 2020. Vicsek was given the twelfth position on the VMSZ's electoral list in the 2022 parliamentary election and was not re-elected when the list won five seats. For the

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, she appeared in the eighth position and was not elected when the party won six seats. She continued serving as a state secretary in the education ministry until 2024. Vicsek has received the symbolic final position (thirtieth) on the VMSZ's electoral list for Novi Sad in the

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Hungary

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alliance announced its electoral list for the

. Vicsek was included in the eighth position on the list as a representative of Vojvodina's Hungarian community."Vicsek Annamária VMSZ-es politikus a Fidesz–KDNP EP-képviselőjelöltje"
''Pannon RTV'', 4 April 2024, accessed 24 April 2024.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vicsek, Annamaria 1973 births Living people Politicians from Subotica Politicians from Novi Sad Members of the National Assembly (Serbia) Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians politicians Fidesz politicians