The native form of this personal name is Kelemen Hunor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hunor Kelemen
Kelemen in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office 23 December 2020 – 15 June 2023
Serving with Sorin Grindeanu[a]
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 [ro]
Succeeded by
Csilla Hegedüs
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2000
Constituency
Harghita County
President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2011
Preceded by
Béla Markó
Personal details
Born
(1967-10-18) 18 October 1967 (age 56) 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
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]
^"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
^https://rmdsz.ro/profil/kelemen-hunor
^(in Romanian)Curriculum vitae, at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies website. Retrieved on October 6, 2009
^(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
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