László Andor

László Andor

European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014
President	José Manuel Barroso
Preceded by	Vladimír Špidla (Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities)
Succeeded by	Marianne Thyssen (Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility)
Personal details
Born	(1966-06-03) 3 June 1966 Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Corvinus University George Washington University University of Manchester

Video Introduction (English) / (Hungarian)

László Andor (born 3 June 1966 in Zalaegerszeg) is a Hungarian economist. He is Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion in the Barroso II administration of the European Commission.^[1] From 2005 until 2010 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), representing the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia.^[2]^[3]

He studied economics at the University of Manchester. 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 Neven Mimica's stead, from 19 April 2014 – 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament.^[4] He ultimately decided to not take up his seat.

References

^ "The members of the Barroso Commission (2010–2014)".
^ http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/andor/about/cv/index_en.htm
^ http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98482.php
^ EU Observer – Six Commissioners Head for EU Election Campaign Trail

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

Political offices
Preceded by László Kovács	Hungarian European Commissioner 2010–2014	Succeeded by Tibor Navracsics
Preceded by Vladimír Špidla as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities	European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion 2010–2014	Succeeded by Marianne Thyssen as European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility

Barroso Commission II (2009–14)

Foreign Affairs and Security Policy	Catherine Ashton¹ (2010–14)

Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship	Viviane Reding² (2010–2014) Martine Reicherts (2014)

Competition	Joaquín Almunia² (2010–14)

Transport	Siim Kallas² (2010–14)

Digital Agenda	Neelie Kroes² (2010–14)

Industry and Entrepreneurship	Antonio Tajani² (2010–14) Ferdinando Nelli Feroci (2014)

Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration	Maroš Šefčovič² (2010–14)

Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro	Olli Rehn² (2010–14) Jyrki Katainen² (2014)

Environment	Janez Potočnik (2010–14)

Development	Andris Piebalgs (2010–14)

Internal Market and Services	Michel Barnier² (2010–14)

Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth	Androulla Vassiliou (2010–14)

Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud	Algirdas Šemeta (2010–14)

Trade	Karel De Gucht (2010–14)

Health	John Dalli (2010-12) Tonio Borg (2012–14)

Research, Innovation and Science	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (2010–14)

Financial Programming and the Budget	Janusz Lewandowski (2010–14) Jacek Dominik (2014)

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries	Maria Damanaki (2010–14)

International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis	Kristalina Georgieva (2010–14)

Energy	Günther Oettinger² (2010–14)

Regional Policy	Johannes Hahn (2010–14)

Climate Action	Connie Hedegaard (2010–14)

Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy	Štefan Füle (2010–14)

Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion	László Andor (2010–14)

Home Affairs	Cecilia Malmström (2010–14)

Agriculture and Rural Development	Dacian Cioloş (2010–14)

Consumer Policy	Neven Mimica (2013–14)

1 = First Vice President. 2 = Vice President.

Authority control	VIAF: 26583840

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László Andor

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