Hajnalka Burány (; born 30 March 1980) is a Serbian politician from the country's Hungarian community. She has been the mayor of Senta since July 2024 and previously served in the Vojvodina provincial assembly on an almost uninterrupted basis from 2020 to 2024. Burány is a member of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (VMSZ).

Early life and career Burány was born in Senta, in what was then the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She graduated from the University of Novi Sad's department of Hungarian language and literature, after which she returned to Senta to work as a Hungarian language teacher. She later passed the state exam for civil servants and worked as a registrar.Hajnalka Buranj, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, accessed 10 November 2024.

Politician Early years Burány joined the VMSZ in 2012 and was president of its women's forum in Senta.Hajnalka Buranj, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, accessed 10 November 2024. She appeared in the sixtieth position on the party's electoral list in the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election.Избори за народне посланике Народне скупштине одржани 16. и 23. марта 2014. године – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ (5 Vajdasagi Magyar Szovetseg - Pasztor Istvan - Савез војвођанских Мађара - Иштван Пастор), , Republic Election Commission, Republic of Serbia, accessed 7 April 2024. Election from this position was not a realistic prospect, and she was not elected when the list won six seats.

She appeared in the ninth position on the VMSZ's list for Senta in the 2016 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won a plurality victory with eleven out of twenty-nine seats.Službeni List (Opština Senta), Volume 51 Number 7 (13 April 2016), p. 7.Službeni List (Opštine Senta), Volume 51 Number 8 (25 April 2016), pp. 512-513. The VMSZ formed a coalition government with the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) after the election, and Burány served as part of its assembly majority."IZBOR IZ SADRŽAJA NA SRPSKOM", Vajdaság, 23 June 2016, accessed 27 November 2021. She was promoted to the fourth position on the VMSZ's list for Senta in the 2020 local elections and was re-elected when the list won thirteen seats.Službeni List (Opština Senta), Volume 55 Number 22 (10 June 2020), p. 415.Službeni List (Opštine Senta), Volume 55 Number 23 (22 June 2020), pp. 3-4. She resigned from the local assembly on 21 August 2020.Službeni List (Opštine Senta), Volume 65 Number 29 (21 August 2020), p. 472.

Burány became the president of the VMSZ's women's forum in October 2019.Hajnalka Buranj, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, accessed 10 November 2024.

Provincial assembly member Burány received the ninth position the VMSZ's electoral list in the 2020 Vojvodina provincial election and was elected when the list won eleven seats.Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 4 Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség - Pásztor István – Савез војвођанских Мађара - Иштван Пастор), Izbori 2020, Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 10 November 2024. The SNS and its allies won a majority victory and afterward formed a new coalition government that included the VMSZ. In her first term, Burány was a member of the committee for culture and public information and the committee for gender equality.Хајналка Бурањ, , Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 10 November 2024.

The Vojvodina assembly was dissolved in November 2023 to permit an early provincial election in December of that year."Skupština Vojvodine biće raspuštena 16. novembra", N1, 8 November 2023, accessed 30 November 2024. Burány was promoted to the third position on the VMSZ's list and was re-elected when the list won nine seats.АРХИВА: ИЗБОРИ 2023 – ИЗБОРНЕ ЛИСТЕ КАНДИДАТА ЗА ПОСЛАНИКЕ (Изборна листа 6 VАJDASÁGI MAGYAR SZÖVETSÉG – Elnökünkért, közösségünkért, a jövőért! – САВЕЗ ВОЈВОЂАНСКИХ МАЂАРА – За нашег Председника, за нашу заједницу, за будућност!), Provincial Election Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 6 April 2024. In her second term, she was a member of the committee for science and education.Хајналка Бурањ, , Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 10 November 2024.

Mayor of Senta Burány led the VMSZ's list for Senta in the 2024 Serbian local elections and was re-elected when the list won fourteen seats. УКУПАН ИЗВЕШТАЈ О РЕЗУЛТАТИМА ИЗБОРА ЗА ОДБОРНИКЕ СКУПШТИНЕ ОПШТИНЕ СЕНТА, Senta Municipal Election Commission, 6 June 2024, accessed 9 November 2024.1. ИЗБОРНА ЛИСТА VAJDASÁGI MAGYAR SZÖVETSÉG - DR. PÁSZTOR BÁLINT - SAVEZ VOJVOĐANSKIH MAĐARA - DR BALINT PASTOR, Local Election 2 June 2024, Senta Municipal Election Commission, accessed 10 November 2024. The VMSZ continued its alliance with the SNS after the election, and Burány was chosen as the municipality's new mayor on 10 July 2024."Održana konstitutivna sednica opštine Senta", Radio Television of Vojvodina, 10 July 2024, accessed 9 November 2024. By virtue of holding this position, she was required to resign from the provincial assembly, which she did on 18 July.Saziv 2024- – Session number: 5 – Date of event: 29. 08. 2024. – Minutes, Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 10 November 2024.

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