Roland Gúr (born 11 August 1983) is a Hungarian politician and lawyer, specialised on international and EU law. Currently, he serves as President of the Control Commission of the biggest political youth organisation of the world ( IUSY). Policy Advisor on Internal market and

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to MEP

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, Head of the Luxembourgish S&D Delegation in the European Parliament and also the President of the

Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party (, ), commonly known by its acronym MSZP (), is a centre-left to left-wing social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of t ...

's Consumer Protection Section. He was a candidate on the third rank of his party's list during the

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Education

Gúr attended the Faculty of Law of the

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, where he studied law and state sciences. He earned a degree of

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in 2007. Thereafter he studied European law studies in the European University Centre (CEU), an institute of the

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, where earned his master's degree in 2009. In 2013, he earned absolutorium for PhD at the Deák Ferenc Doctoral School of Law of the University of Miskolc. He was laureate of the Pro Scintia academic award in 2007. Beside his native language Hungarian, Gúr fluently speaks English and French. He also speaks some Spanish.

Work experience

Between 2007 and 2010, he was administrator of the Ministry of Rural Development of Hungary at the EU Coordination and International Affairs Department and later at the Secretariat of the EU Affairs State Secretary. In 2010, he worked as an agricultural attaché at the Embassy of Hungary in

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. Between January 2011 and October 2013, he was coordinator of the Hungarian Socialist Party's delegation to the European Parliament. Between 2014 and 2019, he was Head of office to

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, Member of the European Parliament. As of 2020, he is the Internal market and Consumer protection policy advisor to MEP

, Head of the Luxembourgish S&D Delegation in the European Parliament. As from January 2014, he serves as international secretary of Societas, which is the joint youth movement of the Hungarian Socialist Party. At the same year he has been elected as Bureau member of the

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. On 27 February 2016, he has been elected as President of the Control Commission of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) with almost two-thirds majority.International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
/ref> In 2018, he has been reelected with 89 votes against 47 to another candidate.

Social activity

Between 2002 and 2006, he was a member and then vice-chair of the election committee of the

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. He is a member of the Society of Pro Scientia Gold Medal Winners. He is author of more than 35 publications and articles.

Personal life

His father

Nándor Gúr Nándor Gúr (born 25 December 1957) is a Hungarian mechanical engineer and politician, member of the National Assembly from the Hungarian Socialist Party from 2002 to 2018. Work experience Nándor Gúr finished Bláthy Ottó Secondary Technic ...

was a member of the Hungarian National Assembly between 2002 and 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gur, Roland 1983 births Living people Hungarian Socialist Party politicians People from Miskolc