Iuliu Winkler (born 14 March 1964) is a

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n engineer, economist and politician. A member of the

Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; hu, Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ; ro, Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian m ...

(UDMR), he was a member of the

Romanian Chamber of Deputies ); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...

for

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from 2000 to 2004. In the

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (; born 14 January 1952) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-pre ...

cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for Commerce from December 2004 to April 2007, and Minister of Communications and Information Society from July to December 2007. Since that time, he has been a

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of the

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(MEP).

Biography

He was born to ethnic Hungarian parents in

Hunedoara Hunedoara (; german: Eisenmarkt; hu, Vajdahunyad ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș ...

and holds two graduate degrees. He obtained the first in 1988 from the Electrical Engineering Faculty of the Traian Vuia Polytechnic Institute of Timișoara, with a specialty in electronics and telecommunications. He received the second in 2001 from the Science Faculty of the

University of Petroșani University of Petroșani is a university located in Petroșani, Hunedoara County, Romania. This university was established in 1948. The college offers both undergraduate and post-graduate Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic o ...

, in finance and insurance. From 1988 to 1992, Winkler worked as an engineer at a telecommunications assembly factory in Hunedoara, including as coordinating

metrologist Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. It establishes a common understanding of units, crucial in linking human activities. Modern metrology has its roots in the French Revolution's political motivation to standardise units in Fran ...

from 1990. From 1993 to 1998 he was the delegate for a private property fund. From 1996 to 1999 he was director of development at a Hunedoara construction firm.Curriculum vitae
, accessed August 22, 2010 Winkler joined the UDMR in 1991, joining its municipal bureau in his native city in 1994 and its

chapter bureau in 1996. Since 2000, he has sat on the party's representatives council, and has belonged to its permanent council since 2007. From 2000 to 2001, he was vice president of its Hunedoara County chapter, and has been president since that year. His first elective office was on the Hunedoara County Council from 1996 to 1999. Then from 1999 to 2000, he was deputy

prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ...

of the county. Elected to the Chamber in 2000, while there he was on the committees for budget, finance and banks (2000–2004) and European integration (2003–2004). He had two stints in the Tăriceanu cabinet: as Minister-Delegate for Commerce (2004–2007), serving until the position was eliminated,"Ei sunt cei 33 de europarlamentari aleşi de români" ("Here Are the 33 MEPs Elected by Romanians")
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Evenimentul Zilei ''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name means "today's even (news)". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog, an ...

'', 9 June 2009; accessed July 6, 2009 and as Communications and IT Minister (2007).Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Government
accessed August 22, 2010 In the months between, he was secretary of state for commerce at the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment. Elected to the European Parliament in

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

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and

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, he sits on that body's

Committee on International Trade The Committee on International Trade (INTA) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair, elected on 10 July 2019, is Bernd Lange."Cine sunt cei 32 de europarlamentari români" ("Who Are the 32 Romanian MEPs")
, ''

Gândul ''Gândul'' (, "The Thought") is a Romanian online newspaper published in Bucharest. It was founded in May 2005 by Mircea Dinescu, who used to write a daily editorial called "Vorba lu' Dinescu", and Cristian Tudor Popescu Cristian Tudor Popes ...

'', May 26, 2014; accessed May 26, 2014 He is married and has one child.

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winkler, Iuliu Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian Ministers of Communications Councillors in Romania Romanian engineers People from Hunedoara 1964 births Living people Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania MEPs MEPs for Romania 2007–2009 MEPs for Romania 2009–2014 MEPs for Romania 2014–2019 MEPs for Romania 2019–2024 Politehnica University of Timișoara alumni