Gergely Tapolczai

Dr. Gergely Tapolczai (born December 21, 1975)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from the National List of Fidesz since 2010.[2] The deaf politician is the first user of Sign language at the Hungarian parliament.[3] He is also the Vice-President of the European Union of the Deaf (EUD).[4] He was elected to the EUD as a board member in 2009.

Gergely Tapolczai
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
14 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1975-12-21) 21 December 1975
Political partyFidesz
Children3[1]
Professionjurist, politician
The native form of this personal name is Dr. Tapolczai Gergely. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He was a member of the Committee for Youth, Social, Family, and Housing Affairs from May 14, 2010 to May 5, 2014 and Committee on Sport and Tourism from February 14, 2011 to May 5, 2014. He became Chairman of the Subcommittee for People with Disabilities on June 28, 2010.[2] He is also a member of the Welfare Committee since 2014 and Legislative Committee since 2015.[2]

He supports and promotes the United Nations Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) to EU member states and talks about the Hungarian Sign Language Act.[4][5]

References
  1. "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
  2. "Register". Országgyűlés.
  3. "EUDY on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  4. "Vice President: Dr Gergely Tapolczai | European Union of the Deaf". European Union of the Deaf. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  5. "Artemisszió". www.artemisszio.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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