Béla Markó
Béla Markó | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Emil Boc Cătălin Predoiu (acting) Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
| Succeeded by | Florin Georgescu |
| 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 Union of Hungarians in Romania |
Béla Markó (born September 8, 1951 in Târgu Secuiesc) is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. The former leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he is also the Deputy Premier in the Emil Boc government (which came to power on December 23, 2009); he had also been Minister of State in the Tăriceanu cabinet between 2004 and 2007, in charge of culture, education and research and European integration.
Markó has been a senator since 1990, and was the leader of the UDMR from 1993 to 2011. He competed in the 2004 Romanian presidential election, and ranked fourth with 5.1% of the votes.
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