Péter Olajos
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Péter Olajos
is a Hungarian
Politics of Hungary
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 (conservative green) politician
Politician
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 and was
Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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 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
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 and sits on
the European Parliament
European Parliament
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's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
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, 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
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, EU-Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
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 and EU-Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
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 Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan
Tajikistan
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, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
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 and Mongolia
Mongolia
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 and a
substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Romania
Romania
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 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


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