Béla Markó
Béla Markó | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012 | |
| President | Traian Băsescu |
| Prime Minister | Emil Boc Cătălin Predoiu (Acting) Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
| Preceded by | Vasile Blaga (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Florin Georgescu |
| President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | |
| In office 1993 – February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Géza Domokos |
| Succeeded by | Hunor Kelemen |
| Minister of State of Romania | |
| In office 29 December 2004 – 3 July 2007 | |
| President | Traian Băsescu Nicolae Văcăroiu Traian Băsescu |
| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1951 Târgu Secuiesc, Romania |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) |
Béla Markó (born September 8, 1951 in
Markó has been a
Political activity
In December 1989, Béla Markó became a founding member and vice-president of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania, from Mureș, being elected as a member of the HDUR's Presidium (1990–1991). Although he believed at the time that this was a temporary commitment and that he left the writing only for a short time, he continued to be proactive in political activity.[1]
After the parliamentary elections of May 1990, he was elected as Senator of Mureș, from the HDUR's lists, being re-elected in all subsequent legislatures (formed after the elections of 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004). In the first term, he was a member of the Senate Culture and Education Commissions, a member of the Steering Committee of the Romanian Group of the Interparliamentary Union (1990–1992) and the president of the HDUR group in the Senate (1991–1992). In the course of his parliamentary activity, Béla Markó was a member of the parliamentary groups of friendship with the Italian Republic and the French-Senate.
As a senator, he has been a member of the Committees for Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Romanian Senate (1992–1996), a member of the Committee on Foreign Policy and of the Committee on Education, Science and Youth (1996–2000), a member of the Committee on Foreign Policy (2000–2004) and the member fn the Committee on Foreign Policy (2004-2008) and the member of the Committee on Culture, Art and Mass Media (December 2004–March 2005).
In 1993, Béla Markó was elected president of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (DAHR), being re-elected to this position in the elections of 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007.
Béla Markó was the HDUR's candidate for the Romanian presidential elections on November 28, 2004, obtaining 533,446 of votes, representing 5.10% of the number of valid votes (took the 4th position).
On December 29, 2004, Béla Markó was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in the Tăriceanu Government and at the same time Minister of State without portfolio, to coordinate the activities in the field of European culture, education and integration. He resigned on July 3, 2007, in order to be able to coordinate the HDUR's election campaign (European Parliamentary elections of November 2007, the local elections of June 2008 and the parliamentary elections of autumn 2008), but also as a result of the referendum for
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Affiliation | First round | Second round | ||||
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| Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
| 2004 | UDMR | 533,446 | 4.1% |
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References
- ^ "Atheneum - Marko Bela: Eu mă consider în continuare un scriitor sau un poet, și nu un politician de profesie". Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
- ^ "România Liberă, 3 iulie 2007 - Markó Béla: Am demisionat pentru a preveni un insucces în alegeri, UDMR rămâne în Guvern". Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
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