Ágnes Osztolykán
| Ágnes Osztolykán | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974 Csengersima, Hungary |
| Political party | LMP |
| Profession | Roma activist |
Ágnes Osztolykán (born 3 November 1974, Csengersima, Hungary) is a member of parliament of the National Assembly of Hungary and a Romani activist. She is a recipient of the 2011 International Women of Courage Award from the United States Department of State.
Osztolykán graduated from the University of Miskolc in 1998 with a degree in political science. She subsequently worked for the Soros Foundation, and then was head of the Decade of Roma Inclusion Program at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor for six years.
She was elected to Parliament in 2010 and is a member of the Lehet Más a Politika (LMP), or Politics Can Be Different Party. She is the only female Romani MP and is deputy chair of the Education Committee. She was appointed deputy leader of the LMP parliamentary group on November 26, 2012.[1]
Osztolykán is an activist for Romani children's education, Roma and minority rights, and the social integration of Roma in Hungary. She is a strong supporter of vocational training which gives students marketable skills for the job market. Outside of her parliamentary duties, she works as a volunteer teacher at a primarily Roma vocational school in Budapest’s poorer Eighth District.[2]
References
- ↑ "Ismét Schiffer András az LMP-frakció vezetője". 26 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ http://lolodiklo.blogspot.com/2011/03/agnes-osztolykan.html