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{{Short description|Romanian politician (born 1967)}}
{{eastern name order|Kelemen Hunor}}
{{Hungarian name|Kelemen Hunor}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hunor Kelemen
| name = Hunor Kelemen
| image = File:KelemenHunorFotoThalerTamas.jpg
| image = File:Kelemen Hunor -.jpg
| caption = Kelemen in 2016
| caption = Kelemen in 2024
| office = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Romania]]
| office = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Romania]]
| alongside = [[Sorin Grindeanu]]{{ref label|term|a}}
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| term_start = 5 March 2014
| president = [[Klaus Iohannis]]
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| term_end = 24 November 2014
| primeminister = [[Florin Cîțu]]<br/>[[Nicolae Ciucă]]
| predecessor = [[Daniel Constantin (politician)|Daniel Constantin]]
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| term_start = 23 December 2020
| successor = [[Csilla Hegedüs]]
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| term_end = 15 June 2023
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| primeminister = [[Victor Ponta]]
| predecessor = [[Raluca Turcan]]
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| office1 = [[Ministry of Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony (Romania)|Minister of Culture]]
| term_start1 = 23 December 2009
| successor =
| term_end1 = 7 May 2012
| president2 = [[Traian Băsescu]]
|predecessor1 = [[Theodor Paleologu]]
| primeminister2 = [[Victor Ponta]]
|successor1 = [[Mircea Diaconu]]
| term_start2 = 5 March 2014
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| primeminister1 = [[Emil Boc]]<br/>[[Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu]]
| term_start2 = 5 March 2014
| term_end2 = 24 November 2014
| term_end2 = 24 November 2014
| predecessor2 = {{interlanguage link|Gigel Ştirbu|ro}}
| predecessor2 = [[Daniel Constantin (politician)|Daniel Constantin]]
| successor2 = [[Csilla Hegedüs]]
| successor2 = [[Csilla Hegedüs]]
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| office3 = [[Ministry of Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony (Romania)|Minister of Culture]]
| primeminister2 = [[Victor Ponta]]
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| primeminister3 = [[Emil Boc]]<br/>[[Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu]]
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| office3 = Member of the<br /> [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania]]<br /> for [[Harghita County]]
| term_start3 = December 2000
| term_start3 = 23 December 2009
| term_end3 =
| term_end3 = 7 May 2012
| predecessor3 = [[Theodor Paleologu]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cârța, Harghita|Cârța]], [[Romania]]
| successor3 = [[Mircea Diaconu]]
| death_date =
| term_start4 = 5 March 2014
| death_place =
| term_end4 = 24 November 2014
| predecessor4 = {{interlanguage link|Gigel Știrbu|ro}}
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| nationality = [[Romania]]n
| party = [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]]
| successor4 = [[Csilla Hegedüs]]
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| primeminister4 = [[Victor Ponta]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca]]<br />[[Babeş-Bolyai University]], [[Cluj-Napoca]]
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| office5 = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]]
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| occupation =
| constituency5 = [[Harghita County]]
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| profession = [[Veterinarian]]<br />[[Philosophy]] teacher
| religion =
| term_start5 = December 2000
| signature =
| term_end5 =
| office6 = President of the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]]
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| website = http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/
| footnotes =
| term_start6 = February 2011
| term_end6 =
| predecessor6 = [[Béla Markó]]
| successor6 =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cârța, Harghita|Cârța]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
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| nationality = [[Romania]]n
| party = [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]]<br/>{{small|(1997–present)}}
| spouse = {{Marriage|Éva Czézár|2012}}
| children = 2
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| alma_mater = [[University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca]]<br />[[Babeş-Bolyai University]]
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| occupation =
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| profession = [[Veterinarian]]<br />[[Philosophy]] teacher
| signature =
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| website = http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/
| footnotes = a. {{note|term}} {{small|with [[Dan Barna]] before 7 September 2021}}
}}
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'''Dr. Hunor Kelemen''' (born 18 October 1967, [[Cârța, Harghita|Cârța]]) is a [[Romania]]n politician and [[Hungarian literature|Hungarian language]] writer. The current president of the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR),<ref>[http://www.bucharestherald.com/politics/34-politics/20112-kelemen-hunor-is-the-new-udmr-leader-we-will-not-leave-the-government-and-we-want-good-ties-with-budapest "Kelemen Hunor is the new UDMR leader: We will not leave the government and we want good ties with Budapest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301171809/http://www.bucharestherald.com/politics/34-politics/20112-kelemen-hunor-is-the-new-udmr-leader-we-will-not-leave-the-government-and-we-want-good-ties-with-budapest |date=2011-03-01 }}, ''Bucharest Herald'', February 27, 2011. Retrieved on July 14, 2012</ref> he has been a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Romanian Chamber of Deputies]] since 2000, and was nominated as his party's candidate for the [[2009 Romanian presidential election|2009 presidential election]], receiving 3.8% of the valid votes. From December 2009 to May 2012 he was Romania's [[Ministry of Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony (Romania)|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]].
'''Hunor Kelemen''' (born 18 October 1967) is a [[Romania]]n politician and [[Hungarian literature|Hungarian language]] writer. The current president of the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR),<ref>[http://www.bucharestherald.com/politics/34-politics/20112-kelemen-hunor-is-the-new-udmr-leader-we-will-not-leave-the-government-and-we-want-good-ties-with-budapest "Kelemen Hunor is the new UDMR leader: We will not leave the government and we want good ties with Budapest"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301171809/http://www.bucharestherald.com/politics/34-politics/20112-kelemen-hunor-is-the-new-udmr-leader-we-will-not-leave-the-government-and-we-want-good-ties-with-budapest |date=2011-03-01 }}, ''Bucharest Herald'', February 27, 2011. Retrieved on July 14, 2012</ref> he has been a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Romanian Chamber of Deputies]] since 2000, and was nominated as his party's candidate for the [[2009 Romanian presidential election|2009]], [[2014 Romanian presidential election|2014]], and [[2019 Romanian presidential election|2019]] presidential elections. From December 2009 to May 2012 he was Romania's [[Ministry of Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony (Romania)|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.<ref>https://rmdsz.ro/profil/kelemen-hunor </ref>


In 2000, Hunor Kelemen was awarded the [[Order of the Star of Romania]], Commander rank, and in 2008 [[Hungary]]'s [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary|Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit]].<ref name="cdep">{{in lang|ro}}[http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=155&cam=2&leg=2008&pag=0&idl=1 Curriculum vitae], at the [http://cdep.ro Romanian Chamber of Deputies website]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009</ref> 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, Cluj-Napoca|St. Michael's Church]] in [[Cluj-Napoca]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Alina Brebenel, [http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/politica/Presedintele-UDMR-Kelemen-Biserica-Cluj-Napoca_0_736726479.html "Preşedintele UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, s-a cununat religios la Biserica 'Sf. Mihail' din Cluj-Napoca"], ''Adevărul'', July 14, 2012; accessed July 14, 2012</ref>
In 2000, Hunor Kelemen was awarded the [[Order of the Star of Romania]], Commander rank, and in 2008 [[Hungary]]'s [[Hungarian Order of Merit|Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit]].<ref name="cdep">{{in lang|ro}}[http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=155&cam=2&leg=2008&pag=0&idl=1 Curriculum vitae], at the [http://cdep.ro Romanian Chamber of Deputies website]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009</ref> 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, Cluj-Napoca|St. Michael's Church]] in [[Cluj-Napoca]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Alina Brebenel, [http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/politica/Presedintele-UDMR-Kelemen-Biserica-Cluj-Napoca_0_736726479.html "Președintele UDMR, Kelemen Hunor, s-a cununat religios la Biserica 'Sf. Mihail' din Cluj-Napoca"], ''Adevărul'', July 14, 2012; accessed July 14, 2012</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
An [[Hungarians in Romania|ethnic Hungarian]], he was born in Cârţa. He completed [[primary school]] in Ineu-Ciuc, and the [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] in his native locality, while practising [[ice hockey]] in the school's team. After completing high school in [[Târgu Mureş]], he enrolled in the [[University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca]], graduating as a [[veterinarian]] in 1993, and then in the Faculty of Philosophy of the [[Babeş-Bolyai University]], graduating in 1998.<ref name="cdep"/><ref name="hunor">{{in lang|ro}}[http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/index.php?page=despre Despre mine], at [http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/index.php Hunor Kelemen's official site]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref>
An [[Hungarians in Romania|ethnic Hungarian]], he was born in Cârța. He completed [[primary school]] in Ineu-Ciuc, and the [[gymnasium (school)|gymnasium]] in his native locality, while practising [[ice hockey]] in the school's team. After completing high school in [[Târgu Mureș]], he enrolled in the [[University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca]], graduating as a [[veterinarian]] in 1993, and then in the Faculty of Philosophy of the [[Babeș-Bolyai University]], graduating in 1998.<ref name="cdep"/><ref name="hunor">{{in lang|ro}}[http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/index.php?page=despre Despre mine], at [http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/index.php Hunor Kelemen's official site]. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref>


Following the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|Revolutions of 1989]], Hunor Kelemen was one of the founders of the [[Hungarian language]] cultural magazines ''Jelenlét'' and later became deputy editor in chief.<ref name="hunor"/> After 1993 he also collaborated with the Hungarian language magazine ''[[Korunk]]'', and between 1990 and 1997 he was editor of cultural and political shows for the [[Radio Cluj]], part of the [[Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company]].<ref name="cdep"/> In 1995 Hunor Kelemen published his first poetry volume in Hungarian language, ''Mínuszévek'', for which he was awarded the Debut Prize of the [[Writers' Union of Romania]] in 1996.<ref name="hunor"/> He further published a novel, ''A madárijesztők halála'' ("The scarecrow's death"), in 1999, and a second poetry volume, ''A szigetlakó'' ("The islander"), in 2001, both in Hungarian language.<ref name="cdep"/>
Following the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|Revolutions of 1989]], Hunor Kelemen was one of the founders of the [[Hungarian language]] cultural magazines ''Jelenlét'' and later became deputy editor in chief.<ref name="hunor"/> After 1993 he also collaborated with the Hungarian language magazine ''[[Korunk]]'', and between 1990 and 1997 he was editor of cultural and political shows for the [[Radio Cluj]], part of the [[Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company]].<ref name="cdep"/> In 1995 Hunor Kelemen published his first poetry volume in Hungarian language, ''Mínuszévek'', for which he was awarded the Debut Prize of the [[Writers' Union of Romania]] in 1996.<ref name="hunor"/> He further published a novel, ''A madárijesztők halála'' ("The scarecrow's death"), in 1999, and a second poetry volume, ''A szigetlakó'' ("The islander"), in 2001, both in Hungarian language.<ref name="cdep"/>
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Kelemen entered politics in 1997, when he was appointed as [[Secretary of State]] from the UDMR in the Romanian government's [[Ministry of Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony (Romania)|Ministry of Culture]].<ref name="hunor"/> He held this post until 2000, when he was elected in the lower house of the [[Parliament of Romania|Romanian Parliament]] on the UDMR list. He was re-elected in 2004 and in 2008, obtaining over 50% of the votes in his [[electoral college]] in the latter elections.<ref name="cdep"/>
Kelemen entered politics in 1997, when he was appointed as [[Secretary of State]] from the UDMR in the Romanian government's [[Ministry of Culture, Religious Affairs and National Patrimony (Romania)|Ministry of Culture]].<ref name="hunor"/> He held this post until 2000, when he was elected in the lower house of the [[Parliament of Romania|Romanian Parliament]] on the UDMR list. He was re-elected in 2004 and in 2008, obtaining over 50% of the votes in his [[electoral college]] in the latter elections.<ref name="cdep"/>


In June 2009, the UDMR Council of the Union Representatives voted Hunor Kelemen as candidate for the office of [[President of Romania]] in that year's November elections. On this occasion Kelemen declared his program will include a proposal for [[Székely autonomy initiatives|Hungarian ethnic autonomy]], in a way "that would not upset the Romanian ethnics".<ref name="mediafax">{{in lang|ro}}[[Mediafax]], ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/kelemen-hunor-a-fost-votat-drept-candidat-al-udmr-la-presedinti-4600774 Kelemen Hunor a fost votat drept candidat al UDMR la Preşedinţie]''. June 27, 2009. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref> In July, at a summer camp organised by the UDMR at [[Băile Tuşnad]], he acknowledged that, as a Hungarian ethnic, he had no chance to win, but he presented the motives that led to his candidature: the desire of the Hungarian community of Romania to have a candidate of its own, the need to fill the traditional Hungarian segment in Romanian politics, and the need to present the message of the Hungarian minority to the Romanian majority.<ref name="cotidianul">{{in lang|ro}}Izabela Niculescu, ''[http://www.cotidianul.ro/kelemen_hunor_udmr_are_candidat_la_prezidentiale_pentru_a_nu_ceda_spatiul_politic_altora-91294.html Kelemen Hunor: UDMR are candidat la prezidenţiale pentru a nu ceda spaţiul politic altora]'', in [[Cotidianul]], July 9, 2009. Retrieved on October 6, 2009</ref> He received 372,764 votes (3.83% of the ballot).<ref>Mediafax, ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romanian-presidential-election-final-results-basescu-32-44-geoana-31-15-5134082 Romanian Presidential Election Final Results]''. November 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.</ref> He performed better in the regions with important Hungarian communities, winning a majority in the counties of [[Harghita]] (71.2%) and [[Covasna County|Covasna]] (52.8%), and the second place in [[Mureş County|Mureş]] and [[Satu Mare County|Satu Mare]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Central Electoral Bureau, ''[http://www.bec2009p.ro/Documente%20PDF/Rezultate/Rezultate%20finale%20turul%20I/P/statistici/p_judete_2.txt Rezultatele alegerilor pentru PRESEDINTELE ROMANIEI din data de 22 noiembrie 2009, pe total si judete]''. November 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.</ref>
In June 2009, the UDMR Council of the Union Representatives voted Hunor Kelemen as candidate for the office of [[President of Romania]] in that year's November elections. On this occasion Kelemen declared his program will include a proposal for [[Székely autonomy initiatives|Hungarian ethnic autonomy]], in a way "that would not upset the Romanian ethnics".<ref name="mediafax">{{in lang|ro}}[[Mediafax]], ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/kelemen-hunor-a-fost-votat-drept-candidat-al-udmr-la-presedinti-4600774 Kelemen Hunor a fost votat drept candidat al UDMR la Preşedinţie]''. June 27, 2009. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.</ref> In July, at a summer camp organised by the UDMR at [[Băile Tușnad]], he acknowledged that, as a Hungarian ethnic, he had no chance to win, but he presented the motives that led to his candidature: the desire of the Hungarian community of Romania to have a candidate of its own, the need to fill the traditional Hungarian segment in Romanian politics, and the need to present the message of the Hungarian minority to the Romanian majority.<ref name="cotidianul">{{in lang|ro}}Izabela Niculescu, ''[http://www.cotidianul.ro/kelemen_hunor_udmr_are_candidat_la_prezidentiale_pentru_a_nu_ceda_spatiul_politic_altora-91294.html Kelemen Hunor: UDMR are candidat la prezidențiale pentru a nu ceda spațiul politic altora]'', in [[Cotidianul]], July 9, 2009. Retrieved on October 6, 2009</ref> He received 372,764 votes (3.83% of the ballot).<ref>Mediafax, ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romanian-presidential-election-final-results-basescu-32-44-geoana-31-15-5134082 Romanian Presidential Election Final Results]''. November 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.</ref> He performed better in the regions with important Hungarian communities, winning a majority in the counties of [[Harghita]] (71.2%) and [[Covasna County|Covasna]] (52.8%), and the second place in [[Mureș County|Mureș]] and [[Satu Mare County|Satu Mare]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} Central Electoral Bureau, ''[http://www.bec2009p.ro/Documente%20PDF/Rezultate/Rezultate%20finale%20turul%20I/P/statistici/p_judete_2.txt Rezultatele alegerilor pentru PRESEDINTELE ROMANIEI din data de 22 noiembrie 2009, pe total si judete]''. November 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.</ref>


On December 20, 2009, Emil Boc, nominated as prime-minister by the re-elected [[Traian Băsescu]], proposed Hunor Kelemen as the Minister of Culture in the [[Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)|PDL]]-UDMR coalition government.<ref>Mediafax, ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romania-s-pm-announces-new-govt-members-list-5192926 Romania’s PM Announces New Govt Members' List]''. December 20, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.</ref> The proposal was met with strong protests by PDL vice-president [[Cezar Preda]], who declared that his party made the "greatest political mistake of the last years".<ref>Alina Neagu, ''[http://english.hotnews.ro/stiri-top_news-6742034-libdem-deputy-commits-one-the-gravest-political-mistakes-the-last-two-years-giving-culture-udmr.htm LibDem deputy: PD-L commits one of the gravest political mistakes in the last two years by giving Culture to UDMR]'', HotNews.ro, December 18, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.</ref> Following unofficial protests from the Patriarch of the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]], the Religious Affairs, previously subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, were put under the direct control of the prime-minister. Reportedly, the Orthodox Church was dissatisfied with being subordinated to a minister of a different denomination.<ref>{{in lang|ro}}[[Realitatea TV|Realitatea.NET]], ''[http://www.realitatea.net/ministerul-culturii-nu-se-va-mai-ocupa-de-rezolvarea-problemelor-cultelor_692635.html Ministerul Culturii nu se va mai ocupa de rezolvarea problemelor cultelor]''. December 21, 2009. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.</ref> The cabinet was approved by the Parliament on December 23, 2009.<ref>Mediafax, ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romanian-pm-gains-parliament-confidence-vote-for-new-cabinet-5201776 Romanian PM Gains Parliament Confidence Vote For New Cabinet]''. December 23, 2009. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.</ref>
On December 20, 2009, Emil Boc, nominated as prime-minister by the re-elected [[Traian Băsescu]], proposed Hunor Kelemen as the Minister of Culture in the [[Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)|PDL]]-UDMR coalition government.<ref>Mediafax, ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romania-s-pm-announces-new-govt-members-list-5192926 Romania's PM Announces New Govt Members' List]''. December 20, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.</ref> The proposal was met with strong protests by PDL vice-president [[Cezar Preda]], who declared that his party made the "greatest political mistake of the last years".<ref>Alina Neagu, ''[http://english.hotnews.ro/stiri-top_news-6742034-libdem-deputy-commits-one-the-gravest-political-mistakes-the-last-two-years-giving-culture-udmr.htm LibDem deputy: PD-L commits one of the gravest political mistakes in the last two years by giving Culture to UDMR]'', HotNews.ro, December 18, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.</ref> Following unofficial protests from the Patriarch of the [[Romanian Orthodox Church]], the Religious Affairs, previously subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, were put under the direct control of the prime-minister. Reportedly, the Orthodox Church was dissatisfied with being subordinated to a minister of a different denomination.<ref>{{in lang|ro}}[[Realitatea TV|Realitatea.NET]], ''[http://www.realitatea.net/ministerul-culturii-nu-se-va-mai-ocupa-de-rezolvarea-problemelor-cultelor_692635.html Ministerul Culturii nu se va mai ocupa de rezolvarea problemelor cultelor]''. December 21, 2009. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.</ref> The cabinet was approved by the Parliament on December 23, 2009.<ref>Mediafax, ''[http://www.mediafax.ro/english/romanian-pm-gains-parliament-confidence-vote-for-new-cabinet-5201776 Romanian PM Gains Parliament Confidence Vote For New Cabinet]''. December 23, 2009. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.</ref>


Kelemen left government in May 2012 when the Răzvan Ungureanu government lost a vote of confidence and was replaced by one led by [[Victor Ponta]].
Kelemen left government in May 2012 when the Răzvan Ungureanu government lost a vote of confidence and was replaced by one led by [[Victor Ponta]].

Together with Hans Heinrich Hansen, Hunor Kelemen was behind the [[European Citizens' Initiative]] called [[Minority SafePack]], which successfully collected more than 1,000,000 signatures in a year starting from 3 April, 2017 in order to "improve the protection of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities and strengthen cultural and linguistic diversity in the European Union".<ref>https://europa.eu/citizens-initiative/initiatives/details/2017/000004_en </ref>

==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
=== Presidential elections ===
=== Presidential elections ===


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![[2009 Romanian presidential election|2009]]
| {{no2|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]]}} || 372,761 || {{Percentage bar|3.83|c={{Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania/meta/color}}}} || {{color box|Gray|5th}} || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|
| {{no2|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]]}} || 372,761 || {{Percentage bar|3.83|c={{party color|Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania}}}} || {{color box|Gray|5th}} || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|not qualified
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![[2014 Romanian presidential election|2014]]
![[2014 Romanian presidential election|2014]]
| {{no2|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]]}} || 329,727 || {{Percentage bar|3.47|c={{Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania/meta/color}}}} || {{color box|Gray|8th}} || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|
| {{no2|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]]}} || 329,727 || {{Percentage bar|3.47|c={{party color|Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania}}}} || {{color box|Gray|8th}} || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|not qualified
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| {{no2|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]]}} || 357,014 || {{Percentage bar|3.87|c={{Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania/meta/color}}}} || {{color box|Gray|6th}} || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|
| {{no2|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]]}} || 357,014 || {{Percentage bar|3.87|c={{party color|Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania}}}} || {{color box|Gray|6th}} || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|not qualified
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== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/candidatlapresedintie/ 2009 campaign site] {{in lang|hu|ro}}
* [http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/candidatlapresedintie/ 2009 campaign site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706120057/http://www.kelemenhunor.ro/candidatlapresedintie/ |date=6 July 2012 }} {{in lang|hu|ro}}


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Latest revision as of 18:38, 3 March 2024

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]
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterFlorin Cîțu
Nicolae Ciucă
Preceded byRaluca Turcan
In office
5 March 2014 – 24 November 2014
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byDaniel Constantin
Succeeded byCsilla Hegedüs
Minister of Culture
In office
23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012
Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded byTheodor Paleologu
Succeeded byMircea Diaconu
In office
5 March 2014 – 24 November 2014
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byGigel Știrbu [ro]
Succeeded byCsilla Hegedüs
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
December 2000
ConstituencyHarghita County
President of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
Assumed office
February 2011
Preceded byBéla Markó
Personal details
Born (1967-10-18) 18 October 1967 (age 56)
Cârța, Romania
Political partyDemocratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
(1997–present)
Spouse
Éva Czézár
​
(m. 2012)​
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
Babeş-Bolyai University
ProfessionVeterinarian
Philosophy teacher
Websitehttp://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]

Biography[edit]

An ethnic Hungarian, he was born in Cârța. He completed primary school in Ineu-Ciuc, and the gymnasium in his native locality, while practising ice hockey in the school's team. After completing high school in Târgu Mureș, he enrolled in the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, graduating as a veterinarian in 1993, and then in the Faculty of Philosophy of the Babeș-Bolyai University, graduating in 1998.[3][5]

Following the Revolutions of 1989, Hunor Kelemen was one of the founders of the Hungarian language cultural magazines Jelenlét and later became deputy editor in chief.[5] After 1993 he also collaborated with the Hungarian language magazine Korunk, and between 1990 and 1997 he was editor of cultural and political shows for the Radio Cluj, part of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company.[3] In 1995 Hunor Kelemen published his first poetry volume in Hungarian language, Mínuszévek, for which he was awarded the Debut Prize of the Writers' Union of Romania in 1996.[5] He further published a novel, A madárijesztők halála ("The scarecrow's death"), in 1999, and a second poetry volume, A szigetlakó ("The islander"), in 2001, both in Hungarian language.[3]

Kelemen entered politics in 1997, when he was appointed as Secretary of State from the UDMR in the Romanian government's Ministry of Culture.[5] He held this post until 2000, when he was elected in the lower house of the Romanian Parliament on the UDMR list. He was re-elected in 2004 and in 2008, obtaining over 50% of the votes in his electoral college in the latter elections.[3]

In June 2009, the UDMR Council of the Union Representatives voted Hunor Kelemen as candidate for the office of President of Romania in that year's November elections. On this occasion Kelemen declared his program will include a proposal for Hungarian ethnic autonomy, in a way "that would not upset the Romanian ethnics".[6] In July, at a summer camp organised by the UDMR at Băile Tușnad, he acknowledged that, as a Hungarian ethnic, he had no chance to win, but he presented the motives that led to his candidature: the desire of the Hungarian community of Romania to have a candidate of its own, the need to fill the traditional Hungarian segment in Romanian politics, and the need to present the message of the Hungarian minority to the Romanian majority.[7] He received 372,764 votes (3.83% of the ballot).[8] He performed better in the regions with important Hungarian communities, winning a majority in the counties of Harghita (71.2%) and Covasna (52.8%), and the second place in Mureș and Satu Mare.[9]

On December 20, 2009, Emil Boc, nominated as prime-minister by the re-elected Traian Băsescu, proposed Hunor Kelemen as the Minister of Culture in the PDL-UDMR coalition government.[10] The proposal was met with strong protests by PDL vice-president Cezar Preda, who declared that his party made the "greatest political mistake of the last years".[11] Following unofficial protests from the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the Religious Affairs, previously subordinated to the Ministry of Culture, were put under the direct control of the prime-minister. Reportedly, the Orthodox Church was dissatisfied with being subordinated to a minister of a different denomination.[12] The cabinet was approved by the Parliament on December 23, 2009.[13]

Kelemen left government in May 2012 when the Răzvan Ungureanu government lost a vote of confidence and was replaced by one led by Victor Ponta.

Together with Hans Heinrich Hansen, Hunor Kelemen was behind the European Citizens' Initiative called Minority SafePack, which successfully collected more than 1,000,000 signatures in a year starting from 3 April, 2017 in order to "improve the protection of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities and strengthen cultural and linguistic diversity in the European Union".[14]

Electoral history[edit]

Presidential elections[edit]

Election Affiliation First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2009 UDMR 372,761
3.83%
  5th  not qualified
2014 UDMR 329,727
3.47%
  8th  not qualified
2019 UDMR 357,014
3.87%
  6th  not qualified

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ https://rmdsz.ro/profil/kelemen-hunor
  3. ^ a b c d e (in Romanian)Curriculum vitae, at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies website. Retrieved on October 6, 2009
  4. ^ (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
  5. ^ a b c d (in Romanian)Despre mine, at Hunor Kelemen's official site. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.
  6. ^ (in Romanian)Mediafax, Kelemen Hunor a fost votat drept candidat al UDMR la Preşedinţie. June 27, 2009. Retrieved on October 6, 2009.
  7. ^ (in Romanian)Izabela Niculescu, Kelemen Hunor: UDMR are candidat la prezidențiale pentru a nu ceda spațiul politic altora, in Cotidianul, July 9, 2009. Retrieved on October 6, 2009
  8. ^ Mediafax, Romanian Presidential Election Final Results. November 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.
  9. ^ (in Romanian) Central Electoral Bureau, Rezultatele alegerilor pentru PRESEDINTELE ROMANIEI din data de 22 noiembrie 2009, pe total si judete. November 26, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.
  10. ^ Mediafax, Romania's PM Announces New Govt Members' List. December 20, 2009. Retrieved on December 20, 2009.
  11. ^ Alina Neagu, LibDem deputy: PD-L commits one of the gravest political mistakes in the last two years by giving Culture to UDMR, HotNews.ro, December 18, 2009. Retrieved December 20, 2009.
  12. ^ (in Romanian)Realitatea.NET, Ministerul Culturii nu se va mai ocupa de rezolvarea problemelor cultelor. December 21, 2009. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.
  13. ^ Mediafax, Romanian PM Gains Parliament Confidence Vote For New Cabinet. December 23, 2009. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.
  14. ^ https://europa.eu/citizens-initiative/initiatives/details/2017/000004_en

External links[edit]

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