What is Mária Pozsonec?
[[File:Maria Pozsonec crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Mária Pozsonec (2008)]] '''Mária Pozsonec''' (16 January 1940 &ndash; 4 April 2017) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[Slovenia]]n [[politician]]. From 1990 and 2008, she served as representative of the [[Hungarians in Slovenia|Hungarian national community]] in the [[National Assembly of Slovenia]].<ref>http://www.dz-rs.si/index.php?id=92&docid=P060</ref> ==Early life== Pozsonnec was born to Hungarian parents in the village of [[Dolga vas, Lendava|Dolga vas]] near [[Lendava]]. She studied in [[Subotica]] ([[Serbia]]), and studied pedagogy at the [[University of Maribor]], in Slovenia. She worked as an elementary school teacher in [[Prekmurje]]. ==Career== During the 1980s, she emerged as an activist of the Hungarian minority in Slovenia. In the first free elections in Slovenia in April 1990, she was elected to the [[National Assembly (Slovenia)|National Assembly]] as the representative of the Hungarian national community. She was re-elected four times, in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. In 2008, she was defeated by [[László Göncz]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.siol.net/slovenija/volitve_2008/novice/2008/09/maria.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-11 |archive-date=2008-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923121242/http://www.siol.net/slovenija/volitve_2008/novice/2008/09/maria.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> She served as vice-mayor of Lendava from November 2006 till November 2011.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.delo.si/clanek/135527 | title=Delo - Vedeti več pomeni imeti moč }}</ref> ==Death== Pozsonec died on 4 April 2017 at the age of 77.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.sta.si/2374243/long-serving-hungarian-minority-mp-dies-aged-77|title=STA: Long-serving Hungarian minority MP dies, aged 77|website=english.sta.si}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pozsonec, Maria}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Slovenian politicians]] {{bio-stub}}