Béla Markó

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The native form of this personal name is Markó Béla. This article uses the Western name order.

Minister of State of Romania
Béla Markó

In office 29 December 2004 – 3 July 2007
President	Traian Băsescu Nicolae Văcăroiu Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Born	8 September 1951 (1951-09-08) (age 56) Târgu Secuiesc, Romania
Political party	Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania
Religion	Roman Catholic

Béla Markó (born September 8, 1951, Târgu Secuiesc) is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. The leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he is also the Vice Premier in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu government (which came to power on December 28, 2004), in charge of culture, education and research and European integration. He resigned in the late summer of 2007.

Markó has been a senator since 1990, and the leader of the UDMR since 1993. He competed in the 2004 Romanian presidential election, and ranked fourth with 5.1% of the votes.

v • d • e First Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (December 2004 – April 2007)

Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Minister of State	Adriean Videanu/Gheorghe Seculici/Gheorghe Pogea (Co-ordinating the Economic Domain) • George Copos/Bogdan Pascu (Co-ordinating the Buisiness, and Small and Medium Enterprises Domain) • Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)

Ministers	Monica Macovei (Justice) • Ionel Popescu/Sebastian Vlădescu (Public Finance) • Gheorghe Barbu (Labor) • Ene Dinga/Anca Boagiu (European Integration) • Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu/Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Foreign Affairs) • Vasile Blaga (Interior) • Codruţ Şereş/ Varujan Vosganian (Economy) • Teodor Atanasiu/Sorin Frunzăverde (Defense) • Gheorghe Flutur/Dan Motreanu (Agriculture) • Gheorghe Dobre/Radu Berceanu (Transport) • Mircea Miclea/Mihail Hărdău (Education) • Mona Muscă/Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture) • Mircea Cinteză/Eugen Nicolăescu (Health) • Zsolt Nagy (Communications and IT) • Sulfina Barbu (Environment)

Ministers Delegate	Mihai Voicu/Radu Stroe (General Secretariat of the Government) • Cristian David (International Financing Programs and European Community Acquis) • Sorin Vicol (Control) • Bogdan Olteanu/Mihai Voicu (Relations with Parliament) • László Borbély (Public Works and Territorial Improvement) • Iuliu Winkler (Commerce)

PNL minister • PD minister • UDMR minister • PC minister • Independent minister

v • d • e Second Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (5 April 2007-present)

Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Minister of State	Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)

Ministers	Tudor Chiuariu/Teodor Meleşcanu/Cătălin Predoiu (Justice) • Teodor Meleşcanu (Defense) • Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture) • Decebal Traian Remeş/Dacian Cioloş (Agriculture) • Eugen Nicolăescu (Health) • Adrian Cioroianu/Lazăr Comănescu (Foreign Affairs) • Varujan Vosganian (Economy) • Paul Păcuraru (Labor) • Attila Korodi (Environment) • Ludovic Orban (Transport) • Cristian David (Interior) • László Borbély (Regional Development) • Cristian Adomniţei (Education) • Zsolt Nagy/Iuliu Winkler/Károly Borbély (Communications and IT) • Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi (Small and Medium Enterprises)

Minister-Delegate	Mihai Voicu (Relation with Parliament)

PNL minister • UDMR minister