László Andor (born 3 June 1966 in

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) is a Hungarian economist. From 2010 to 2014 he was Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in the Barroso II administration of the

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. From 2005 to 2010 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), representing the

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and

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. He studied Economics at the

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(then called the

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University), and later became Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the same institution. He also studied at the

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in Washington, D.C. and in 1993 earned a

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in Development Economics at the

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. 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

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's stead, from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the

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. He ultimately decided to not take up his seat. László Andor is a member of the member of the advisory board of the

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Personal life

He is married. His wife is Erika Varsányi. They have three children.

References

External links

Laszlo Andor
Official Media Gallery
European Commission – Biographies of Commissioner-designates, Laszlo Andor

EUobserver interview of 7 December 2009: Everyone says I am an unusual choice
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