Andor Deli (born 2 May 1977) is a Hungarian politician from

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...

, and

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(MEP) for

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

Fidesz Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; hu, Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Hungary, led by Viktor Orbán. It was formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young ...

since 2014.

Career

Andor Deli was born into an ethnic Hungarian family in

Bečej Bečej ( sr-cyrl, Бечеј, ; hu, Óbecse, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 23,895, while the municipality has 37,351 inhabitants. ...

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( hu, Óbecse; today Serbia) on 2 May 1977. He attended the

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law The University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law ( sr, Правни факултет Универзитета у Новом Саду, Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Novom Sadu), also known as the Novi Sad Law School, is a constituent body of the Universit ...

, where earned a degree of jurist in 2000. He won a research scholarship to the Europa-Institut at

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

for a

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in 2003. He passed a judicial examination in 2004. He earned a master's degree at the University of Novi Sad in 2008. Deli joined the

Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians ( hu, Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség; sr, Савез војвођанских Мађара, Savez vojvođanskih Mađara; abbr. СВМ, SVM, or VMSZ) is a regionalist political party in Serbia representing th ...

(SVM–VMSZ) in 2001. He worked for the Provincial Secretariat for Education, Administration and National Community in the

Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

in different positions from 2002 to 2014. He was appointed head of the secretariat and thus became a Vice President of the Government of Vojvodina in 2012. Deli was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the

2014 European Parliament election in Hungary An election of Members of the European Parliament from Hungary to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014. With the Lisbon Treaty coming into force, Hungary held 22 seats in the European Parliament. However, because Croatia joined the ...

as a candidate of the Fidesz party, which sent delegates to the European Parliament in order to represent each

Hungarian diaspora Hungarian diaspora ( hu, magyar diaszpóra) is a term that encompasses the total ethnic Hungarian population located outside current-day Hungary. There are two main groups of the diaspora. The first group includes those who are autochthonous to ...

in the neighboring countries. Deli aims to represent the Hungarian minority of Vojvodina, Serbia in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

. He became a member of the

Committee on Transport and Tourism The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair is the French MEP Karima Delli of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. Research service The Committee is directly supported b ...

(TRAN) and of the Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee. He is also a substitute member of the

Committee on Regional Development The Committee on Regional Development (REGI) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its current chair, elected on 10 July 2019, is Younous Omarjee Younous Omarjee (born 30 September 1969 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a French politician wh ...

and of the Delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Deli was re-elected MEP in 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deli, Andor 1977 births Living people People from Bečej Government ministers of Vojvodina Fidesz MEPs MEPs for Hungary 2014–2019 MEPs for Hungary 2019–2024 Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians politicians Hungarian jurists University of Novi Sad alumni