Hunor Kelemen Politician

Hunor Kelemen (born October 18, 1967, Cârţa) is a Romanian politician and Hungarian language writer. The current president of the Democratic Union 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 presidential election, receiving 3.8% of the valid votes. 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 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 Eva Czezar; the civil ceremony took place at Cârţa Town Hall, while the religious wedding was held at St. Michael's Church in Cluj-Napoca.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 18, 1967
Birth place	Romania , Cârța Harghita
Nationality	Romania
Education	Cluj-Napoca Babeș-Bolyai University University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Profession	Philosophy , Veterinary physician

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Office holder

office	Member of the Minister of Culture Chamber of Deputies of Romania for Harghita County
party	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
prime minister	Victor Ponta Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu Emil Boc
successor	Mircea Diaconu