Gabriella Selmeczi

Dr. Gabriella Selmeczi (born 21 June 1965) is a Hungarian jurist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from 1994 to 2026. She was a long-time spokesperson of the Fidesz.

Biography Selmeczi was born in Budapest on 21 June 1965. She finished her secondary studies in her birthplace in 1983 and started her career in her parents' family business, where she worked for two years. She graduated as a business administrator from the College of Commerce and Catering in 1989. She obtained her next degree in journalism from Vitéz János Teacher's Training College in Esztergom where she studied from 1990 to 1991. She worked as an editor and reporter for the Municipal Television of Budaörs in 1990 and 1991. She was the managing director of Intereska Trading Ltd. from 1991 until summer 1994. Parallel to her work as an MP, she graduated as a lawyer at Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Selmeczi was re-elected MP via Fidesz–KDNP national list in the 2014 and 2018 parliamentary elections. She was a member of the Legislative Committee from 2014 to 2018 and of the Welfare Committee from 2014 to 2026. She served as Chairperson of the latter committee from 2014 to 2018.

Controversy Népszava learned in May 1999 that state secretaries Selmeczi, István Balsay, and MP Béla Gyuricza sent a letter to U.S. Senators Jesse Helms and Joe Biden. The letter, signed by 31 Fidesz MPs, asked the senators to appoint Steven M. Jones, a high-ranking financial manager of Lockheed Martin, as the next United States Ambassador to Hungary. CNN reported on the event, and there was considerable pressure on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to do something. The scandal even reached the White House and the United States State Department. Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright expressed their total confidence in Ambassador Peter Tufo, who still had two years to go. Balsay and Selmeczi resigned in 1999.