Béla Markó

Béla Markó (born 8 September 1951) is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity.

The former leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania in the second cabinet of Emil Boc from 2009 to 2012; he had also been Minister of State in the first cabinet of Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between 2004 and 2007, in charge of culture, education and research and European integration.

On December 29, 2004, Béla Markó was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in the Tăriceanu Government and at the same time Minister of State without portfolio, to coordinate the activities in the field of European culture, education and integration.

In the 2008–2012 legislature, Béla Markó was a member of the parliamentary groups of friendship with the Russian Federation and the French-Senate.

In the 2008–2012 legislature, Béla Markó initiated 5 legislative proposals out of which 4 were enacted laws.