Csilla Hegedüs (born 9 September 1967) is a Romanian politician and member of the

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; , RMDSZ ; , UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian minority of Romania. Officially considering itself a federation of minority interests ra ...

(UDMR) who served as

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organiza ...

and Deputy

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in the

Victor Ponta Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 2012 to 2015. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Social Democratic Party (PSD) from 2010 to ...

cabinet from November to December 2014. She was also State Secretary within the same ministry from March to November 2014. In 1997, Hegedüs graduated with an economics degree from

Babeș-Bolyai University The Babeș-Bolyai University ( , , commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Established in 1581 as Academia Claudiopolitana, it underwent several reorganizations over the centuries, eventually taking ...

; she had undertaken studies in tourism and business management at

Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University () is a private university in Bucharest. The university was founded in 1990 by Momcilo Luburici and Corina-Adriana Dumitrescu as the Dimitrie Cantemir Independent University, which has since developed 17 fac ...

. She also has a degree in adult education from the

University of Pécs The University of Pécs ( , PTE; ) is one of the largest higher education institutions in Hungary. The history of the university began in the Middle Ages, when in 1367, at the request of Louis I of Hungary, King Louis I the Great, Pope Urban V gr ...

, which she attained in 2009. From 1997 to March 2014, she headed the Transylvania Trust Foundation, meant to preserve buildings in

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. Subsequently, she became a state secretary at the Culture Ministry in March 2014, and was promoted to minister that November. She left her cabinet positions the following month when her party quit the government."Scurtul mandat la Ministerul Culturii al Csillei Hegedus"
''Gândul'', 14 December 2014

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External links

Official site
Living people 1967 births Politicians from Cluj-Napoca Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania politicians Deputy prime ministers of Romania Ministers of culture of Romania 21st-century Romanian women politicians 21st-century Romanian politicians {{Romania-bio-stub