LaszloTokes

General Data

 * Born on 01 April 1952, Cluj
 * Country: Romania
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 12E217 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845801 +32 2 28 45 801]/[callto://+3222847801 +32 2 28 47 801] Fax: +32 2 28 49 801 Bâtiment Louise Weiss T11010 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175801 +33 3 88 175 801]/[callto://+33388177801 +33 3 88 177 801] Fax: +33 3 88 179 801
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:laszlo.tokes@europarl.europa.eu laszlo.tokes(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=39726

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Culture and Education (Member)
 * Subcommittee on Human Rights (Member)
 * Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (Member)
 * Committee on Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
 * Delegation for relations with the United States (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Institute of Protestant Theology, Cluj (1971 - 1975)
 * Bishop, Reformed diocese of Piatra Craiului (1990 -)
 * Pastor in Timişoara (1986 - 1990)
 * Pastor in Braşov (1975 - 1977) and Dej (1977 - 1984)
 * The people of Timişoara who joined him in his protest against the policy of the dictatorship sparked the 1989 Romanian revolution
 * He was briefly a member of the National Salvation Front (1990)
 * Co-President of theSynod of the Reformed Church in Romania (1990)
 * Honorary chairman of the Democratic Union of Magyars of Romania (1990-2003)
 * President of the Hungarian Reformed World Federation (1996 -)
 * Honorary President of the Hungarian World Federation (1996 -)
 * Founded the Partium Christian University, holds the post of President of the University (1999 -)
 * President of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania (2003 -)
 * Grand Cross of the Order of the Hungarian Republic (1999)
 * Fidelity Prize (Hungary, 1999)
 * Grand Leopold Kunschak Prize (Austria, 1998)
 * Minorities Prize from the CIEMEN Centre inCatalonia (Barcelona, Spain, 1996)
 * Hungarian Heritage Prize (Hungary, 1996)
 * Bocskay Prize (Hungary, 1995)
 * Pro Fide Prize (Finland, 1993)
 * Member of the Johannit Order of Knighthood (1993)
 * Member of the European Senate of Honour (1992)
 * Geuzenpenning Award (Netherlands, 1991)
 * Doctor honoris causa of Hope College (Holland, Michigan, USA, 1991)
 * Doctor honoris causa of the Reformed Theological Academy of Debrecen (Hungary, 1990)
 * Doctor honoris causa of Regent University (Virginia Beach, USA, 1990)
 * Roosevelt Prize (Netherlands, 1990)
 * Nominated for the Nobel Prize (1990)
 * Bethlen Gábor Prize (Hungary, 1990)
 * Berzsenyi Prize (Hungary, 1989)
 * Freeman of the cities of Sárospatak (Hungary), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Romania), and the Vth and XIth districts of Budapest (Hungary)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.4/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 43.8/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 73.4/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100

Positions
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21/07/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.