The 2nd district of Budapest () is a district of Budapest, Hungary. It has an area of 36.34 km2 and is situated to the south of the 3rd district and to the north of the 1st district and the 12th district.
Notable places Széll Kálmán tér, one of the city's biggest transport interchanges. Mammut shopping centre Central Statistical Office Library, one of the largest public libraries in Budapest Millenáris Park Church of Our Lady of Sarlós, a historic Roman Catholic church built in the 18th century
Politics The current mayor of the 2nd district is Gergely Őrsi (independent). Őrsi was arrested on 4 June 2026 and accused of taking bribes as part of the Óbuda scandal.
The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 21 members (1 Mayor, 14 Individual constituencies MEPs and 6 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances:
Party Seats Current District Assembly Opposition coalition 12M Fidesz-KDNP 8 MKKP 1
List of mayors Member Party Date Gyula Póta SZDSZ 1990–1998 György B. Bencze Fidesz 1998–2002 Csaba Horváth MSZP 2002–2006 Zsolt Láng Fidesz 2006–2019 Gergely Őrsi MSZP 2019– Ind.
Twin towns – sister cities 2nd district of Budapest is twinned with: Beşiktaş, Turkey Finike, Turkey Mosbach, Germany Żoliborz (Warsaw), Poland
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