Sándor Kónya-Hamar (born September 5, 1948 in

Lunca Mureșului Lunca Mureșului ( hu, Székelykocsárd; german: Holten) is a commune located in the north-east of the Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Gura Arieșului (''Vajdaszeg''; ''Walddorf'') and Lunca Mureșului. Geogr ...

, Alba County) is an ethnic Hungarian politician in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

and

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Commu ...

. He is 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 ...

, part of the

European People's Party–European Democrats The European People's Party Group (EPP Group) is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament consisting of deputies (MEPs) from the member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). Sometimes it also includes independent MEP ...

, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the

accession of Romania to the European Union On 1 January 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became member states of the European Union (EU) in the fifth wave of EU enlargement. Negotiations Romania was the first country of post-communist Europe to have official relations with the Europea ...

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People from Alba County 1948 births Living people Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania MEPs MEPs for Romania 2007 {{Romania-MEP-stub