Klára Dobrev is a Hungarian political leader and Member of the European Parliament who led a national party in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary election. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, she earned degrees in economics from the Budapest University of Economics and law from Eötvös Loránd University. She began her professional career at Hungary's Ministry of Finance before holding a senior government position overseeing national development planning and European Union funding. Dobrev later became CEO of Altus, a consulting company specializing in development policy. Elected to the European Parliament in 2019, she served as one of its Vice-Presidents until 2022 and became head of her parliamentary group's Hungarian delegation in 2024. In June 2025, she became leader of a national political party. Her 2026 campaign focused on increasing wages and pensions, improving public services, protecting workers' rights, and strengthening social protections. Her party did not secure parliamentary representation in the April election.
