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Cecília Müller
Chief Medical Officer of Hungary
Assumed office
December 1, 2018
Preceded byAttila Kovács
Personal details
Born (1958-11-27) November 27, 1958 (age 66)
Political partyIndependent
EducationUniversity of Pécs (MD)

Cecília Györgyi Müller (Template:Lang-hu) (born November 27, 1958) is a Hungarian physician and Chief Medical Officer of Hungary. She is the head of NNK (Nemzeti Népegészségügyi Központ, National Public Health Center in English) and has also served as a member of the government's Coronavirus Taskforce.

Biography

She attended medical school at the University of Pécs and graduated in 1984 cum laude. She holds four professional degrees including public health, occupational medicine, preventive medicine and primary care medicine.[1][2]

Müller began her career at Szent Pantaleon Hospital. Then she worked as an occupational physician. From 1991 to 1996 Müller worked as a primary care physician in Nagyvenyim. After that she became Health Commissioner of Dunaújváros. In 2010, as Health Commissioner for the Central Transdanubia region, she was responsible for the cleanup of the Ajka alumina plant accident for which she later received a ministerial award from Sándor Pintér, Interior Minister of Hungary.[3]

Müller later worked as the head of the Public Health Department of Fejér County Government Office. Then, she was named head of the NNK and Chief Medical Officer of Hungary.[4]

In 2020, she has worked as a member of the government's Coronavirus Taskforce. As Surgeon General she has been a regular participant in the government's press conferences on the pandemic.[5]

Since 2009, she has been a pastoral assistant at Our Lady Parish in Nagyvenyim.[6]

Honors

  • Honvédelemért Kitüntető Cím (I. class; 2013)[7]
  • Honorary citizen of Nagyvenyim (2015)[8]
  • Fenyvessy Memorial Award (2015)[9][10]
  • Prize for Public Health (2015)[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Fenyvessy Emlékéremmel tüntették ki dr. Müller Cecília megyei tisztifőorvost". kormanyhivatal.hu. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Horváth László (August 5, 2015). "A közösségért tettek – Díszpolgári címet adtak át a venyimi falunapon". duol.hu. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "Elismerés a vörösiszap-katasztrófa elhárításában résztvevő munkatársainknak". antsz.hu. October 10, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Megvan az új tisztifőorvos". Népszava. December 1, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  5. ^ "Ülésezik a Koronavírus-fertőzés Elleni Védekezésért Felelős Operatív Törzs 2020. január 31. 13:20". Magyar Kormány. January 31, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dr. Müller Cecília". szfvar.katolikus.hu. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "Rangos elismerés dr. Müller Cecíliának és Várnagy Mihálynak". szekesfehervar.hu. March 6, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "A közösségért tettek – Díszpolgári címet adtak át a venyimi falunapon". duol.hu. DUOL. August 5, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Fenyvessy Emlékéremmel tüntették ki dr. Müller Cecília megyei tisztifőorvost, dunaujvaros.hu
  10. ^ "Fenyvessy Emlékéremmel tüntették ki dr. Müller Cecília megyei tisztifőorvost". kormanyhivatal.hu. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  11. ^ Kitüntették dr. Müller Ceciliát, a kormányhivatal főosztályvezetőjét, dunaujvaros.hu
  12. ^ "Semmelweis Ignác napján tüntették ki dr. Müller Cecíliát". feol.hu. June 26, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2020.