Succeeded by Florin Georgescu Name Bela Marko | Role Politician | |
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Prime Minister Emil Boc
Catalin Predoiu (acting)
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu President Traian Basescu
Nicolae Vacaroiu
Traian Basescu Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu Born 8 September 1951 (age 72)
Targu Secuiesc, Romania ( 1951-09-08 ) Religion Hungarian Reformed (Calvinist) Political party Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Similar People Hunor Kelemen, Laszlo Tokes, Gyorgy Frunda, Laszlo Borbely | ||
Béla Markó (born September 8, 1951, 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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