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
Member of the European Parliament for Hungary
In office
2004–2014
Personal details
Born (1941-09-07) 7 September 1941
Kolozsvár
NationalityHungarian
Political partyFidesz, European People's Party, Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary)
SpouseLászlóné Surján
Children
  • László György
  • Zsófia Margit
  • Orsolya Katalin
ProfessionPhysician

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]

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