President Traian Basescu Name Csilla Hegedus Succeeded by Ionut Vulpescu | Preceded by Hunor Kelemen Prime Minister Victor Ponta Role Romanian Politician | |
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Born September 9, 1967 (age 56)
Cluj, Romania ( 1967-09-09 ) Website | ||
Csilla Hegedüs (born September 9, 1967) is a Romanian politician and member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania who served as Minister of Culture and Deputy Prime Minister in the Victor Ponta cabinet from November to December 2014. She was also State Secretary within the same ministry from March to November 2014.
In 1997, Hegedüs graduated with an economics degree from Babeș-Bolyai University; she had undertaken studies in tourism and business management at Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University. She has also a 2009 degree in adult education from the University of Pécs. From 1997 to March 2014, she headed the Transilvania Trust Foundation, meant to preserve buildings in Transylvania. Subsequently, she became a state secretary at the Culture Ministry, and was promoted to minister that November. She left her cabinet positions the following month when her party quit the government.
