László Surján
László Surján (born 7 September 1941 in Kolozsvár, (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the FIDESZ from 2004 to 2014.[1]
László Surján | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Hungary | |
| In office 2004–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 September 1941 Kolozsvár |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Political party | Fidesz, European People's Party, Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) |
| Spouse | Lászlóné Surján |
| Children |
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| Profession | Physician |
He was the president of the Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) political party from 1994-1998. He remained a member of the party to this day.
Surján was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a vice-chair of the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.
He was a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[2]
Education
- 1969: General practitioner
- 1969: Professor's assistant, Institute of Histology, Budapest University of Medicine
- University of Further Medical Training
Career
- 1990–1995: Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party
- 1995–1997 and since 2001: Vice-Chairman
- 1992–1998: Vice-President of the EUCD (European Union of Christian Democrats)
- 1994–1998: Chairman of the Employment Committee of the Hungarian Parliament
- 1998–2002: Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
- 1990–1994: Minister of Welfare
- 1999–2004: Deputy leader, Group of the European People's Party, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- 2000–2001: Head, Hungarian delegation (1998-2002), Deputy Speaker, Hungarian Parliament
- 2004–2014: Member of the European Parliament
- Member of the bureau, EPP-ED group (since 2004), Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Chile
- since 2012: Vice-President of the European Parliament
Personal life
He is married to Lászlóné Surján, they have together three children - two daughters, Zsófia Margit and Orsolya Katalin as well as a son, László György.[3]
References
- "Your MEPs : László SURJÁN". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
- "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- origo.hu - Vagyonnyilatkozat - February 2003
External links
- Personal profile of László Surján in the European Parliament's database of members
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Hungarian)
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