Katalin Cseh
{{Short description|Hungarian physician and politician (born 1988)}}
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| name = Katalin Cseh
| honorific-suffix = MEP
| party = Momentum Movement
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| caption = Cseh in 2020
| term_start = 2 July 2019{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525003255/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |archive-date=25 May 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 May 2019|date=22 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526130408/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}}
| term_end = 16 July 2024
| parliament = European
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|06|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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| nationality = Hungarian
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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
Katalin Cseh was born on 29 June 1988 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197588/KATALIN_CSEH/home|title=Katalin Cseh|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825132620/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197588/KATALIN_CSEH/home|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}} Her early education was at Toldy Ferenc High School in Budapest, Hungary.{{cite web|url=https://www.dehavilland.co.uk/politicaluploads/2019EPElections_OnesToWatch.pdf|publisher=DeHavilland|page=7|title=EP 2019 Elections: Ones to Watch|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424171644/https://www.dehavilland.co.uk/politicaluploads/2019EPElections_OnesToWatch.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerekasztal-mp.hu/kozelet/cseh-katalin-marcius-15-uzenete/|title=Cseh Katalin: Március 15. üzenete|language=hu|last=Cseh|first=Katalin|publisher=kerekasztal-mp.hu|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825135436/https://www.kerekasztal-mp.hu/kozelet/cseh-katalin-marcius-15-uzenete/|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}} She graduated from Semmelweis University. In 2015, she obtained a master's degree in Health Economics, Policy, and Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam.{{cite news|work=Heti Világgazdaság|url=https://hvg.hu/itthon/20170906_momentum_mozgalom_elnokseg_cseh_katalin_dukan_andras_ferenc|date=6 September 2017|access-date=25 August 2019|last=Mizsur|first=András|title=Momentum: Hogy egyedül mi növekedünk, az már önmagában győzelem|language=hu}} In the same year, Cseh co-founded Momentum Movement group with nine others. 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.
Momentum Movement became a centrist political party in March 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.boell.de/en/2017/04/11/momentum-movement-there-bright-future-new-hungarian-youth-party|title=Momentum Movement: Is there a bright future for the new Hungarian youth party?|publisher=Heinrich Böll Foundation|date=11 April 2017|access-date=25 August 2019|last=Varga|first=Áron|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825132633/https://www.boell.de/en/2017/04/11/momentum-movement-there-bright-future-new-hungarian-youth-party|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}} In August 2017, she was appointed to the governing board of the party. Cseh was a candidate for the party in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election.{{cite web|url=https://static.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv18/szavossz/hu/M01/E06/evkjkv.html|title=Budapest főváros 06.számú egyéni választókerület (Budapest VIII. kerület) eredménye|access-date=25 August 2019|language=hu|date=8 April 2018|publisher=National Election Office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825223120/https://static.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv18/szavossz/hu/M01/E06/evkjkv.html|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}} The party did not win any seats in parliament, and the governing board (including Cseh) resigned.{{cite web|url=https://index.hu/belfold/2018/05/05/lemondott_a_momentum_elnoksege/|title=Lemondott a Momentum elnöksége|publisher=Index|date=5 May 2018|access-date=25 August 2019|language=hu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505180811/https://index.hu/belfold/2018/05/05/lemondott_a_momentum_elnoksege/|archive-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://444.hu/2018/12/22/ket-noi-listavezetovel-indul-az-ep-valasztason-a-momentum|publisher=444|date=22 December 2018|access-date=25 August 2019|last=Juli|first=Boros|title=Két női listavezetővel indul az EP-választáson a Momentum|language=hu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320201536/https://444.hu/2018/12/22/ket-noi-listavezetovel-indul-az-ep-valasztason-a-momentum|archive-date=20 March 2019|url-status=live}}
European Parliament
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.Mehreen Khan and Rochelle Toplensky (21 March 2019), [https://www.ft.com/content/e39cc3ae-4bdb-11e9-bbc9-6917dce3dc62 Vestager discloses ambition to become next EU commission chief] Financial Times.
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.{{cite web|url=https://teameurope.eu/member/katalin-cseh/|title=Katalin Cseh|publisher=Renew Europe|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710144831/https://teameurope.eu/member/katalin-cseh/|archive-date=10 July 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/27/nba-star-a-tv-chef-and-a-sad-comic-meet-some-of-europes-new-meps-europe-eu-elections|title=An NBA star, a TV chef and a comedian: meet some of the new MEPs|last1=Oltermann|last2=Walker|last3=Giuffrida|first3=Angela|first2=Shaun|first1=Philip|work=The Guardian|date=27 May 2019|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901202927/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/27/nba-star-a-tv-chef-and-a-sad-comic-meet-some-of-europes-new-meps-europe-eu-elections|archive-date=1 September 2019|url-status=live}} In the European Parliament, she is one of the eight vice-chairs of the Renew Europe political group.{{cite web|url=https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-group-becomes-renew-europe|publisher=Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group|access-date=25 August 2019|date=18 June 2019|title=ALDE Group becomes Renew Europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913151947/https://www.aldeparty.eu/news/alde-group-becomes-renew-europe|archive-date=13 September 2019|url-status=live}} 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.[https://conference-delegation.europarl.europa.eu/en/members.html Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610155650/https://conference-delegation.europarl.europa.eu/en/members.html |date=10 June 2021 }} European Parliament.
In addition to her committee assignments, Cseh is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with the United States. She is also a supporter of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[https://www.anti-corruption-ig.eu/ Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203080020/https://anti-corruption-ig.eu/ |date=3 December 2020 }} European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption. the MEP Alliance for Mental Health[https://www.gamian.eu/activities/mep-alliance-mental-health/our-mep-supporters/ MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters] Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks. and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202095804/https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/ |date=2 February 2020 }} MEPs Against Cancer.
In September 2022, Cseh was the recipient of the People's Choice: Covid-19 Response Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.{{cite news|url=https://www.mepawards.eu/winners-2022/|title=MEP Awards: Winners 2022|date=21 September 2022|work=The Parliament Magazine|accessdate=24 August 2023}} In March 2024, she was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at that year's MEP Awards ceremony.{{cite news|url=https://www.mepawards.eu/rising-stars/|title=MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars|date=21 March 2024|work=The Parliament Magazine|accessdate=26 March 2024}}
Political positions
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.Florian Eder (July 24, 2020), [https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-china-uighur-hong-kong-oppression/ EU must sanction Chinese leaders involved in Uighur oppression, say legislators] Politico Europe.
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