Olga Kálmán (born 23 February 1968) is a politically independent Hungarian news editor, television host, left-wing politician, member of parliament, and author. Between 2003 and 2016, she was the host of ATV's Straight Talk (Egyenes Beszéd).
Kálmán is author of the book Straight Talk. She has received the János Déri award for lifetime achievement and the Hungarian Spokesman Organization's award.[1][2][3]
In 2019, Kálmán was announced as the candidate of the Democratic Coalition for the second round of the primaries for the 2019 Budapest mayoral election.[4] Her opponents were Gergely Karácsony of Dialogue for Hungary and the entrepreneur Gábor Kerpel-Fronius (hu) of Momentum.[5] The second round primary took place between 20 and 26 June, with both online and in-person voting. On 23 June a televised debate was held between the three candidates on the channel ATV.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM | Gergely Karácsony | 33,356 | 48.9% | |
| DK | Olga Kálmán | 25,093 | 36.8% | |
| Momentum | Gábor Kerpel-Fronius | 9,792 | 14.3% | |
| Total votes | 68,363 | 100.0% | ||
This left Karácsony as the candidate of the opposition to stand against the incumbent mayor, István Tarlós of Fidesz–KDNP, and at the election on 13 October 2019 Karácsony defeated Tarlós with the support of Kálmán.[9]
References
edit- ^ "János Déri award".
- ^ "Spokesman organization award".
- ^ "Interview with Olga Kálmán".
- ^ Kálmán Olga a DK főpolgármester-jelöltje Archived 6 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 444.hu (in Hungarian)
- ^ Hivatalos: Kerpel-Fronius Gábor a Momentum jelöltje az előválasztáson, hvg.hu (in Hungarian)
- ^ Előválasztási vita 2019 - Összecsapott Kálmán Olga, Karácsony Gergely és Kerpel-Fronius Gábor, YouTube, ATV Magyarország (in Hungarian)
- ^ Marianna, Biró (26 June 2019). "Karácsony nyerte az előválasztást". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Karácsony wins opposition primary for Budapest mayor - BBJ". BBJ.hu.
- ^ Helyi önkormányzati választások 2019, accessed 7 March 2021
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