Péter Olajos
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Péter Olajos
is a Hungarian
(conservative green) politician
and was
Member of the European Parliament
with the Hungarian Democratic Forum
,
part of the European People's Party
and sits on
the European Parliament
's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
, later he was member second Orban Government, responsible for Green Economy Development and Climate Policy. He was the Hungarian Delegation Leader in Cancun on UNFCCC COP-16, and a head of the Hungarian Climate Team under the Hungarian EU Presidency in 2011.
In the Europen Parliament Olajos was a substitute for the
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the
Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan
, EU-Kyrgyzstan
and EU-Uzbekistan
Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan
, Turkmenistan
and Mongolia
and a
substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Romania
Joint Parliamentary Committee.
In the Government as Deputy State Secretary Olajos's main responsibilities were: Climate Policy, Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency, Building Retrofitting Programs, Green Innovations and Sustainable Development
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Hungary)
is a Hungarian
Politics of Hungary
Politics of Hungary takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The Prime Minister is the head of government of a pluriform multi-party system, while the President is the head of state and holds a largely ceremonial position.Executive power is exercised by the...
(conservative green) politician
Politician
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and was
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
with the Hungarian Democratic Forum
Hungarian Democratic Forum
The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
,
part of the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
and sits on
the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 68 members and a secretariat of 10 administrators. Its chairman is...
, later he was member second Orban Government, responsible for Green Economy Development and Climate Policy. He was the Hungarian Delegation Leader in Cancun on UNFCCC COP-16, and a head of the Hungarian Climate Team under the Hungarian EU Presidency in 2011.
In the Europen Parliament Olajos was a substitute for the
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the
Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, EU-Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
and EU-Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
and Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
and a
substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
Joint Parliamentary Committee.
In the Government as Deputy State Secretary Olajos's main responsibilities were: Climate Policy, Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency, Building Retrofitting Programs, Green Innovations and Sustainable Development
Education
- 1990: Industrial engineer (BSc)
- 1992: Chemical Engineer (MA)
- 1993: Master of Environmental Science and Engineering (MSc)
Career
- 1994-1996: Head, Chairman's Secretariat, MDF party
- 1996-1998: Principal Private Secretary of MP Lezsák Sándor
- 1996-2004: Head, European Integration Office
- 1998-2000: Party director MDF
- 1999-2004: Member of Presidency of the board of trustees of Hungarian public broadcaster
- 2004-2009: Memeber of European Parliament (EPP-ED Group)
- 2010 Deputy-State Secretary of Ministry for National Economy in Hungary responsible for the Energy- and Climate Policy.
- 2011 Green Economy Development and Climate Policy Deputy State Secretary of Ministry of National Development in Hungary.
See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Hungary)
European Parliament election, 2004 (Hungary)
The European Parliament election of 2004 in Hungary was the election of MEP representing Hungary constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election.The vote took place on 13 June...
Books
- 2011: “Green Conservativism” a book on the future politics and green economy, L’Harmattan Publishing House, Budapest, 2011. http://www.konzervativzoldseg.eu