Kinga Gál Explained

Kinga Gál
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:1 July 2004
Constituency:Hungary
Birth Date:6 September 1970
Birth Place:Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Party:Fidesz
Spouse:Máté Gál
Alma Mater:Eötvös Loránd University
Website:gal.fidesz-eu.hu/en

Kinga Gál (born 6 September 1970) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary. She is a member of Fidesz.

Early life and education

Gál was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and moved to Hungary in 1986. She graduated from the Institute for Comparative Human Rights in Strasbourg with a diploma of International Human Rights in 1993 and from the Political Science and Law Department of Eötvös Loránd University in 1994.[1] [2]

Career

From 1991 until 1994, Gál was an advisor to the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania. In 1995, she worked as an analyst for the Government Office for Hungarian Minorities Abroad and in 1996 as a researcher for the Teleki Foundation. From 1997 until 2000, she was an international legal expert at the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg.[3] Between 2001 and 2002, she served as the vice-chairman of the Government Office for Hungarian Minorities Abroad. Gál was appointed chief advisor to the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2003.

European Parliament

Gál has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2004 European Parliament Election in Hungary. From 2015 until 2019 she was the vice-president of the European People's Party.[4] In 2014, she received the annual MEP Award for Justice and Civil Liberties, awarded by Parliament Magazine.[5]

Committees and delegations

Gál is currently a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China.[6] [7] Additionally, she is the co-chair of the Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.[8]

Personal life

She is married to Máté Gál. They have four sons, Áron, Gergő, Zsombor and Márton.[9]

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: EPP Group in the European Parliament . 2023-04-03 . www.eppgroup.eu.
  2. Web site: Curriculum vitae Kinga GÁL MEPs European Parliament . 2023-04-03 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  3. Web site: Kinga Gal – EU40 . 2023-07-03 . www.eu40.eu.
  4. Web site: Makszimov . Vlad . 2021-01-13 . Replacement found for seat left by MEP caught in gay orgy . 2023-04-03 . www.euractiv.com . en-GB.
  5. Web site: 2014-03-19 . DELMAGYAR - Gál Kingát az Év Képviselőjévé választotta az Európai Parlament Magazin . 2023-04-03 . DELMAGYAR - Gál Kingát az Év Képviselőjévé választotta az Európai Parlament Magazin.
  6. Web site: Home Kinga GÁL MEPs European Parliament . 2023-07-03 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  7. Web site: 9th parliamentary term Kinga GÁL MEPs European Parliament . 2023-01-05 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  8. Web site: Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages [IG9-23] About intergroups MEPs European Parliament ]. 2023-07-03 . www.europarl.europa.eu . en.
  9. http://galkinga.hu/hu/mindig_a_csalad_volt_a_legfontosabb_az_eletemben_minden_mas_csak_masodlagos/ Fidesz - Kinga Gál - "Mindig a család volt a legfontosabb az életemben, minden más csak másodlagos"