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Hon Alex Somlyay
Hon Alex Somlyay

Alexander Michael Somlyay (born 18 January 1946), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Fairfax, Queensland. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to Australia as a child. He was educated at the Australian National University. He was a public servant, consultant economist and company director before entering politics.


Somlyay was Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government 1997_98.




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PM - No duals (805 words)
REPORTER: Liberal MP, Alex Somlyay, was born in Hungary the year after the war ended, and as an infant, emigrated with his family to Australia.
ALEX SOMLYAY: No, no, my parents were refugees from Hungary and refugees were stateless persons and I had no citizenship when I came to Australia as a two-year-old.
ALEX SOMLYAY: Oh, sour grates on behalf of One Nation.
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