Károly Holecz () (born 24 February 1969) is a Slovenian writer, journalist, and former mayor of the village of Orfalu, near Szentgotthárd, Hungary.
His parents are Károly Holecz Sr. and Sára Skerlák. Born in Szentgotthárd, he went to primary school in Apátistvánfalva and high school in Körmend. After that he received a bachelor's degree from Dániel Berzsenyi College (now University of West Hungary – Savaria University Center) in Szombathely after studying Slovene and technology.
He worked at the Hungarian Slovenian weekly Porabje, and from 1994 to 2006 was the mayor of Orfalu.Új választás lesz Orfalun: Goda-Holecz 28-28, Vas Népe (in Hungarian), October 5, 2010 (noting that Holecz was mayor from 1994-2006, that Ilona Goda was elected mayor in 2006, and that in the 2010 mayoral election they tied at 28-28, which will require a new vote) He has been awarded a recognition as a notable member of the Slovene minority in Hungary.Kisebbségek napja, Gotthárd TV (in Hungarian), December 16, 2009
In 2003, he published a collection of stories titled Andovske zgodbe, Andovske prpovejsti (Stories of Orfalu)Együtt, egymásért: kisebbségek napja Szentgotthárdon, Vas Népe (in Hungarian), December 12, 2009 in standard Slovene and the Prekmurje Slovene.
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See also List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary