The Social Union () (SZU) was a

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political party in

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. It had a

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alist and

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ideology.

Establishment

Its leader

Katalin Szili Katalin Szili (born 13 May 1956) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, a former Member of the National Assembly (Hungary), National Assembly, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary, Speaker of the National Assembly from 2002 H ...

used to be a member of the

Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party (, ), commonly known by its acronym MSZP (), is a centre-left to left-wing social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of t ...

(MSZP) and served as

Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary The speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (, literally the president of National Assembly) is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Hungary. The current speaker is László Kövér, since 6 August 2010. The speaker of the Nat ...

between 2002 and 2009. She came to be considered inner opposition inside the MSZP since 2009. In 2009 Szili resigned from her position as speaker of Parliament; she was subsequently succeeded by

Béla Katona Béla Katona (born 9 February 1944) is a Hungarian politician ( MSZP), who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary The speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary (, literally the president of National Assembly) is the presidi ...

of MSZP. She formed the Movement of Alliance for the Future in 2010 and had own candidates in some areas in the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election. Szili was elected to the Parliament of Hungary via the

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Party list where she was chairperson of the local MSZP chapter. After the 2010 local elections, held on 3 October, she founded the Social Union (SZU) and became its first chairperson. As a result, she quit the

and their parliamentarian group. Continuing the parliamentarian work as formally independent MP. However, as an elected parliamentarian she served a four-year term ending in 2014. Thus the new party Social Union instantly had some representation in Parliament, which is usually not possible for parties having won less than 5% of votes. The Social Union merged to the

Community for Social Justice People's Party The Community for Social Justice People's Party (), abbreviated to KTI, was a Hungarian party and political alliance of several parties and civic organizations for the 2014 parliamentary election. The party was founded and led by MP Katalin Szil ...

(KTI) in 2013.

Elections

Sándor Arnóth, the Member of Parliament for Püspökladány ( Hajdú-Bihar County constituency VI) died in a

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on 16 March 2011. During the mid-term election the Social Union's candidate was a 27-year-old trader named Róbert Bányász.Megelőzte az MSZP-t és a Fideszt Szili Katalin pártja
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Footnotes

External links

Official web site
{{Hungarian political parties Social democratic parties in Hungary Political parties established in 2010 2010 establishments in Hungary 2013 disestablishments in Hungary