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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