Hunor Kelemen

Hunor Kelemen
Kelemen in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office
23 December 2020 – 15 June 2023
Serving with Sorin Grindeanu[a]
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterFlorin Cîțu
Nicolae Ciucă
Preceded byRaluca Turcan
In office
5 March 2014 – 24 November 2014
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byDaniel Constantin
Succeeded byCsilla Hegedüs
Minister of Culture
In office
23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012
Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded byTheodor Paleologu
Succeeded byMircea Diaconu
In office
5 March 2014 – 24 November 2014
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byGigel Știrbu [ro]
Succeeded byCsilla Hegedüs
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
December 2000
ConstituencyHarghita County
President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
Assumed office
February 2011
Preceded byBéla Markó
Personal details
Born (1967-10-18) 18 October 1967 (age 57)
Cârța, Romania
Political partyDemocratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
(1997–present)
Spouse
Éva Czézár
(m. 2012)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Babeş-Bolyai University
ProfessionVeterinarian
Philosophy teacher
Websitehttp://www.kelemenhunor.ro/
a. ^ with Dan Barna before 7 September 2021

Hunor Kelemen (born 18 October 1967) is a Romanian politician and Hungarian language writer. The current president of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR),[1] he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000, and was nominated as his party's candidate for the 2009, 2014, and 2019 presidential elections. From December 2009 to May 2012 he was Romania's Minister of Culture in the Emil Boc and Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu governments, a role he has reprised between March and October 2014 in the government headed by Victor Ponta. In 2020, he was re-elected as a member of parliament and became the deputy prime minister of Romania.[2]

In 2000, Hunor Kelemen was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Commander rank, and in 2008 Hungary's Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit.[3] In 2012, he married Éva Czézár; the civil ceremony took place at Cârța Town Hall, while the religious wedding was held at St. Michael's Church in Cluj-Napoca.[4]

  1. ^ "Kelemen Hunor is the new UDMR leader: We will not leave the government and we want good ties with Budapest" Archived 2011-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, Bucharest Herald, February 27, 2011. Retrieved on July 14, 2012
  2. ^ https://rmdsz.ro/profil/kelemen-hunor
  3. ^ (in Romanian)Curriculum vitae, at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies website Archived 26 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 6, 2009
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Alina Brebenel, "Președintele UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, s-a cununat religios la Biserica 'Sf. Mihail' din Cluj-Napoca", Adevărul, July 14, 2012; accessed July 14, 2012