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Zsolt Szilágyi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʒolt ˈsilaːɟi]; born July 29, 1968 in Oradea) is a Romanian politician, member of the Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania.
He was a Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) deputy for Bihor County in the 1990–2004 period. At the 2009 European Parliament election he occupied the fourth position on the UDMR list.
He is the former vice-president of Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania and was the party's candidate in the Romanian presidential election, 2014. He occupied the tenth position on the ballot. In the first round of the election, Szilágyi received 0.56% of popular vote, subsequently both him and party president Tibor Toró T. submitted their resignation from their respective positions.