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Zsolt Semjén

Zsolt Semjén

MP
Official portrait, 2018
Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary
In office
1 June 2010 – 9 May 2026
Serving with Tibor Navracsics (2010–2014)
Sándor Pintér (2018–2022)
Mihály Varga (2018–2022)
Succeeded byAnita Orbán
Minister without portfolio for National Politics, Church Politics and Church Diplomacy
In office
24 May 2022 – 9 May 2026
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Member of the National Assembly
In office
15 May 2002 – 8 May 2026
In office
28 June 1994 – 17 June 1998
Personal details
Born (1962-08-08) 8 August 1962 (age 64)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyKDNP
Children3
Professionpolitician

Zsolt Semjén (born 8 August 1962) is a Hungarian politician and a member of the Hungarian Parliament. He led the Christian Democratic People's Party from 2003 until 2026. He was a minister without portfolio and deputy prime minister in Viktor Orbán's second, third, fourth, and fifth governments.

Political career

In 1989, when politics changed in Hungary, he helped restart the Christian Democratic People's Party. From 1990 to 1994, he was a local council member. In 1994, he became a Member of Parliament and later the deputy leader of KDNP. After the dissolution of the parliamentary faction of KDNP in 1994, he joined the Hungarian Democratic Forum. In 1998, Viktor Orbán made him a government official for church matters.

He organized an international church summit in Hungary, fixed problems with the Vatican, brought back government money for religious education, made a deal with old churches, and made sure churches doing public services got the same money as the government. In 2002, Semjén returned to parliament.

Later, he rejoined the extra-parlamentary KDNP and became its leader in 2003. Under his leadership, the KDNP formed a cooperation agreement with Fidesz in 2005.

He and his wife represented Hungary's government when former Hungarian Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg was buried in Pannonhalma Archabbey. They were the only non-clergy or non-Habsburg family members there.[1]

From 29 May 2010, he became the Deputy Prime Minister in Orbán's second government.

On 8 September 2025, Válasz Online released an interview. Gábor Kuslits, a former top official from Budapest Regional Child Protection Service, said Péter Pál Juhász, ex-director of the Szőlő Street Juvenile Center, was linked to child abuse. Politicians reportedly sexually abused boys and girls from that center.[2]

On 22 September 2025, in the National Assembly a Democratic Coalition MP Gergely Arató asked Zsolt Semjén, "Who is Uncle Zsolti?"[3] Earlier that month, someone on a Hungarian politician's podcast said kids at a children's home claimed their abuser was "Uncle Zsolt."[4] They recognized a top politician's voice as Uncle Zsolt's. The podcast title "Who is Uncle Zsolt?" became popular online and Arató used it in his question.[5]

Semjén said the claims were false, calling them an attempt to ruin his reputation.[6] The Ministry of Justice found that no one in the government is involved of child abuse or human trafficking.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Heart of Otto von Habsburg interred in Pannonhalma". Politics.hu. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  2. ↑ "Orbán jön? Fenyőgirlandot a vakolatfoltra! – volt vezető vall a hazai gyermekvédelemről | Válasz Online" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Semjén Zsolt: Soha semmilyen bűnös viszonyhoz nem volt közöm". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 2025-09-22. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  4. ↑ Juhász Péter | Juhi (2025-09-19), Ki az a ZSOLT bácsi? | ROMULUSZ fegyvere | LÁZÁR fia furikázik 🔫 7SÉGEIM #45, retrieved 2025-11-09
  5. ↑ "This is how deputy PM Zsolt Semjén got involved in the scandal surrounding "Uncle Zsolti"". English. 2025-09-26. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  6. ↑ Faludy, Alexander (2025-09-26). "Hungary's Government Faces Fresh Child Abuse Crisis". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  7. ↑ "Tuzson Bence háromoldalas jelentést tett ki a Szőlő utcai javítóintézet ügyéről, az MI6 is szóba kerül benne". telex (in Hungarian). 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-11-09.

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