Béla Markó

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

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.

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.

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First Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (2004–2007)

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

██ PNL minister ██ PD minister ██ UDMR minister ██ PC minister ██ Independent minister

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Second Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (2007–present)

Prime Minister: Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Minister of State: Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)
Ministers: Tudor Chiuariu (Justice) • Teodor Meleşcanu (Defense) • Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture) • Decebal Traian Remeş (Agriculture) • Eugen Nicolăescu (Health) • Adrian Cioroianu (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 (Communications and IT) • Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Minister-Delegate: Mihai Voicu (Relation with Parliament)