Kristóf Szatmáry

Kristóf Szatmáry (born 10 June 1975) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician, who served as Secretary of State for Domestic Economy in the Ministry of National Economy between 1 February 2011 and 5 June 2014. As candidate of Fidesz, he became a member of the National Assembly (MP) in the 2006 parliamentary election.

Studies and work experience Szatmáry was born to a tradesman and craftsman family; his parents, László Szatmáry and Angéla Jähl were involved in the food trade from the 1980s. He participated in the family business from the age sixteen. After he passed the secondary school final examinations, he attended and graduated at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University. Parallel to his university education he was a contributor in Századvég Foundation. He also served as President of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association between 2010 and 2011. Szatmáry was elected MP for District XVI, Budapest in 2014. He was re-elected in 2018. He is vice-chairman of the Enterprise Development Committee since 2014 and member of the Economic Committee since 2018.