Péter Hoppál

Péter Hoppál
Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of Human Resources
Assumed office
15 June 2014
Minister Zoltán Balog
Preceded by János Halász
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
30 March 2009
Personal details
Born 1972 (age 4344)
Budapest, Hungary
Profession politician
The native form of this personal name is dr. Hoppál Péter. This article uses the Western name order.

Dr. Péter Hoppál (born 1972)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Pécs (Baranya County Constituency I then II) since 2010.[2] He was also a Member of Parliament from the Fidesz Baranya County Regional List between 2009 and 2010.[2] He is the current Secretary of State for Culture since 15 June 2014.[2]

Career

He served as General Director of the Calvinist College in Pécs between 2002 and 2010. He also taught in the University of Pécs from 2001 to 2009.[1]

Hoppál became a member of the Pécs General assembly in 2006 where he participated in the running of programs of European Capital of Culture as a member of the Committee on Culture. He was appointed deputy group leader of Fidesz in 2008.[1] He was elected to the National Assembly on March 30, 2009 from Baranya County Regional List in the place of Pál Aszódi who died on February 27, 2009. He became a member of the Committee on Youth, Social and Family Affairs.[2]

During the parliamentary election in 2010, he was elected MP for Pécs in the first round. He is a member of the Committee on Education, Science and Research since May 14, 2010 and of the Committee of National Cohesion since January 1, 2011.[2] And he was also member of the Hungarian Parliamentary Delegation of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg). Hoppál became a member of the Pécs General assembly in 2010 as Head of the Committee on Education and Culture.

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