Erika Szűcs Politician

Erika Mária Szűcs (born April 2, 1951) is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Labour from May 5, 2008 to April 14, 2009 in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. She is a member of the National Assembly of Hungary since August 27, 2004.At the end of 2010 she joined Democratic Coalition Platform founded by Gyurcsány and became a member of its leadership. When the platform split from the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) on October 22, 2011 she joined to newly formed party and left the MSZP and its parliamentary group.