László Surján

László Surján (born 7 September 1941 in Kolozsvár, (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the FIDESZ from 2004 to 2014.[1]

László Surján
Member of the European Parliament for Hungary
In office
2004–2014
Personal details
Born (1941-09-07) 7 September 1941
Kolozsvár
NationalityHungarian
Political partyFidesz, European People's Party
Spouse(s)Lászlóné Surján
Children
  • László György
  • Zsófia Margit
  • Orsolya Katalin
ProfessionPhysician

Surján was a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a vice-chair of the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee.

He was a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[2]

Education
  • 1969: General practitioner
  • 1969: Professor's assistant, Institute of Histology, Budapest University of Medicine
  • University of Further Medical Training

Career
  • 1990–1995: Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party
  • 1995–1997 and since 2001: Vice-Chairman
  • 1992–1998: Vice-President of the EUCD (European Union of Christian Democrats)
  • 1994–1998: Chairman of the Employment Committee of the Hungarian Parliament
  • 1998–2002: Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
  • 1990–1994: Minister of Welfare
  • 1999–2004: Deputy leader, Group of the European People's Party, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  • 2000–2001: Head, Hungarian delegation (1998-2002), Deputy Speaker, Hungarian Parliament
  • 2004–2014: Member of the European Parliament
  • Member of the bureau, EPP-ED group (since 2004), Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Chile
  • since 2012: Vice-President of the European Parliament

Personal life

He is married to Lászlóné Surján, they have together three children - two daughters, Zsófia Margit and Orsolya Katalin as well as a son, László György.[3]

See also

References
  1. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/public/geoSearch/view.do;jsessionid=76552365A098F4211B133FA1B3825FB9.node2?language=EN&partNumber=1&country=HU&id=23820
  2. "Prague Declaration: Selected signatories". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  3. origo.hu - Vagyonnyilatkozat - February 2003


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