László Andor

The native form of this personal name is Andor László. This article uses the Western name order.

László Andor


European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Vladimír Špidla (Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities)
Succeeded by	Marianne Thyssen (Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility)
Personal details
Born	(1966-06-03) 3 June 1966 Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Corvinus University George Washington University University of Manchester

Video Introduction (English) / (Hungarian)

László Andor (born 3 June 1966 in Zalaegerszeg) is a Hungarian economist. From 2010-2014 he was Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in the Barroso II administration of the European Commission.^[1] From 2005 until 2010 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), representing the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia.^[2]^[3]

He studied economics at the Corvinus University of Budapest (then the Karl Marx University), and later became associate professor of economic policy at the same institution. He also studied at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and in 1993 earned a master's degree in development economics at the University of Manchester. Since 1993 he has been editor of a progressive (leftist) Hungarian quarterly social science journal, Eszmélet (Consciousness). Since 2003 he has been a Member of the Board of the Economic Section of the Hungarian Socialist Party.

He was once appointed Acting Commissioner for Consumer Protection in Neven Mimica's stead, from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.^[4] He ultimately decided to not take up his seat.

References

↑ "The members of the Barroso Commission (2010–2014)". European Commission. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
↑ http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/andor/about/cv/index_en.htm
↑ http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98482.php Archived 8 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ EU Observer – Six Commissioners Head for EU Election Campaign Trail

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Political offices
Preceded by László Kovács	Hungarian European Commissioner 2010–2014	Succeeded by Tibor Navracsics
Preceded by Vladimír Špidla as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities	European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion 2010–2014	Succeeded by Marianne Thyssen as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

Barroso Commission II (2009–14)

Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	Catherine Ashton¹ (2010–14)

Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship	Viviane Reding² (2010–2014) Martine Reicherts (2014)

Competition	Joaquín Almunia² (2010–14)

Transport	Siim Kallas² (2010–14)

Digital Agenda	Neelie Kroes² (2010–14)

Industry and Entrepreneurship	Antonio Tajani² (2010–14) Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (2014)

Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration	Maroš Šefčovič² (2010–14)

Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro	Olli Rehn² (2010–14) Jyrki Katainen² (2014)

Environment	Janez Potočnik (2010–14)

Development	Andris Piebalgs (2010–14)

Internal Market and Services	Michel Barnier² (2010–14)

Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth	Androulla Vassiliou (2010–14)

Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud	Algirdas Šemeta (2010–14)

Trade	Karel De Gucht (2010–14)

Health	John Dalli (2010-12) Tonio Borg (2012–14)

Research, Innovation and Science	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (2010–14)

Financial Programming and the Budget	Janusz Lewandowski (2010–14) Jacek Dominik (2014)

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries	Maria Damanaki (2010–14)

International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis	Kristalina Georgieva (2010–14)

Energy	Günther Oettinger² (2010–14)

Regional Policy	Johannes Hahn (2010–14)

Climate Action	Connie Hedegaard (2010–14)

Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy	Štefan Füle (2010–14)

Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion	László Andor (2010–14)

Home Affairs	Cecilia Malmström (2010–14)

Agriculture and Rural Development	Dacian Cioloș (2010–14)

Consumer Policy	Neven Mimica (2013–14)

1 = First Vice President. 2 = Vice President.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 26583840 LCCN: n97080923 ISNI: 0000 0001 1610 5200 GND: 143385267 SUDOC: 050472054 BNF: cb13531341q (data)

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