Szekler National Council

Infobox_Romanian_Political_Party
party_name = Consiliul Naţional Secuiesc
Székely Nemzeti Tanács
Szekler National Council
party_
party_wikicolourid = SZNC
leader = Balázs Izsák
foundation = 16 October 2003
ideology = Christian democracy, Centrism
international = none
european =
ep-group =
colours = Blue, silver and gold
headquarters = Sfântu Gheorghe
website = [http://www.sznt.ro www.sznt.ro]

The Szekler National Council (Hungarian: "Székely Nemzeti Tanács", SZNT; Romanian: "Consiliul Naţional Secuiesc", CNS) is the main political organization representing the Székely of Romania.

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History

The Council was founded on October 16, 2003. Its first president was József Csapó, who served until autumn 2006, when he resigned. Until the Council held a new presidential election in February 2008, in which Balázs Izsák emerged victorious, the president "ad interim" had been Imre Fodor, the former mayor of Târgu Mureş.

Doctrine

The Council wants to obtain self-government for the Székely Land. It looks to the historical fact that the Székler Seats were the traditional self-governing territorial units of the Transylvanian Székelys during medieval times. (Saxons were also organised in Seats.) The Seats were not part of the traditional Hungarian county system, and their inhabitants enjoyed a higher level of freedom (especially until the 18th century) than those living in the counties. Their autonomy was granted in return for the military services they provided to the Hungarian Kings.

The Council also claim the rights of Székelys to self-determination, as guaranteed by the Treaty of Trianon. Officially, the treaty was intended to be a confirmation of the concept of the right for self-determination of nations.

The SZNC hopes to obtain self-determination for the Székely Land on the Catalan model.

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Presidents of Székler Seats and the members of the Standing Committee (SC):

Presidents of Seats

*Marosszék: Imre Fodor
*Udvarhelyszék: Béla Incze
*Csíkszék: Csaba Ferencz
*Gyergyószék: Zsolt Árus
*Bardoc-Miklósvárszék: Miklós Szabó
*Sepsiszék: Barna Benedek
*Orbaiszék: Botond Ferencz
*Kézdiszék: László Bakk

Members of SC

*President: Balázs Izsák
*vicepresidents: Emőke Benkő, Géza Borsos, Csaba Ferencz, Imre Fodor, József Gazda, Ádám Kónya, Jenő Szász, Attila Tulit, Csaba Farkas, Imre Fazakas
*Rapporteurs: Pál Nagy, Árpád Andrássy, Lajos Dancs, Aladár Bod, Dávid Veress, Imre András

The Szekler National Council has 156 members and is a member of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania. [http://www.hhrf.org/emnt/index_en.htm] To guarantee the representation of every Szekler settlement, every settlement which has under 1500 Székely inhibitants can nominate one deputy. The Szekler settlements which have over 1500 Székely inhibitants can nominate one-one deputy for every 3000 Székely inhibitants.

ee also

* Székely autonomy initiatives
* Hungarian Civic Party
* Székely Land
* List of Székely settlements

Note

External links

* [http://www.sznt.eu/index.php?lang=en Official site]