Alexander Michael Somlyay MP (born 18 January 1946), Australian politician, has been a Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 member of the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 since March 1990, representing the Division of Fairfax

Division of Fairfax

The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association. It is located in the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Coolum, Maroochydore,...

, Queensland. He was born in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary, and came to Australia as a child. He was educated at the Australian National University

Australian National University

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. He was a public servant, consultant economist and company director before entering politics.

Somlyay's only ministerial appointment was as Minister for Regional Development, Territories and Local Government

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads (Australia)

Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads was a position within the Australian federal government from 7 October 2003 until 3 December 2007....

 for four months prior to the 1998 Federal Election.

On 25 September 2010, Somlyay announced his current term in parliament would be his last.

Somlyay was a member of the informal conservative faction, the Lyons Forum

Lyons Forum

The Lyons Forum was a ginger group or informal political faction comprising some federal members of conservative Australian parliamentary parties. It was formed in the early 1990s and was active both in Liberal Party of Australia parliamentary leadership conflict and on family policy issues. The...

when it was active in the 1990s.