Hunor Kelemen
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), 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.
Hunor Kelemen | |
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Kelemen in 2024 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 23 December 2020 – 15 June 2023 | |
| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Prime Minister | Florin Cîțu Nicolae Ciucă |
| Preceded by | Raluca Turcan |
| In office 5 March 2014 – 24 November 2014 | |
| President | Traian Băsescu |
| Prime Minister | Victor Ponta |
| Preceded by | Daniel Constantin |
| Succeeded by | Csilla Hegedüs |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Emil Boc Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
| Preceded by | Theodor Paleologu |
| Succeeded by | Mircea Diaconu |
| In office 5 March 2014 – 24 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Victor Ponta |
| Preceded by | Gigel Știrbu |
| Succeeded by | Csilla Hegedüs |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Assumed office December 2000 | |
| Constituency | Harghita County |
| President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | |
| Assumed office February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Béla Markó |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 October 1967 Cârța, Romania |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (1997–present) |
| Spouse |
Éva Czézár (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca Babeş-Bolyai University |
| Profession | Veterinarian Philosophy teacher |
| Website | http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/ |
| a. ^ with Dan Barna before 7 September 2021 | |
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. 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.