The European Commission - Commissioner Péter Balázs - CV

Born: in Kecskemét (Hungary), 5 December 1941

Academic qualifications

Graduated in Economics at the Budapest School of Economics (1963)
Dr. habil of the Budapest School of Economics (2000)
Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2003)
(A list of selected publications attached)

Proficiency in languages

English, French, German, Russian
Hungarian - mother tongue

Employment record

1963-1968	"Elektroimpex" Hungarian Foreign Trading Co.: Economist
1969-1982	Ministry of Foreign Trade: Desk Officer, Director
1982-1987	Hungarian Embassy, Brussels: Counselor in charge of the EC
1987-1988	Prime Ministers Office: responsible for international economic organisations
1988-1992	Ministry of International Economic Relations: Director General for multilateral relations
1992-1993	Ministry of Industry and Trade: Permanent State Secretary supervising the sectors of industry, energy, building industry, trade and tourism
1994-1996	Hungarian Embassy, Copenhagen: Ambassador
1997-2000	Hungarian Embassy, Bonn-Berlin: Ambassador
2000- 2002	Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration: Professor
2002-2003	Ministry of Foreign Affairs: State Secretary for Integration and External Economic Relations
2003-30 April 2004	Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union: Ambassador (Coreper II.)
from 1 May 2004	Member of the European Commission

Other positions

Founding member of ECSA Hungary
Member of the Union of Hungarian Economists
Founding member of the European Movement in Hungary
Founding member of the Hungarian Foreign Affaires Society
Editor of "Európa Fórum Budapest" a quarterly review on European integration
Hungarian Government Representative in the European Convention
President of the Hungarian Equestrial Union

Selected publications of Prof. Dr. Péter Balázs

Az Európai Megállapodás végrehajásának jogi és elméleti kérdései
(Legal and theoretical questions of the implementation of the Europe Agreement)
(Edited with Marc Maresceau), OMIKK, Budapest, 1995. 248 p.

Az Európai Közösség nemzetközi kapcsolatai; Magyarország és az Európai Unió
(The international relations of the EU; Hungary and the EU)
in: Kende Tamás (ed.): Európai közjog és politika, Osiris-Századvég, Budapest, 1995. 427-470. p.

Az Európai Unió külkapcsolatai és Magyarország
(The external relations of the EU and Hungary)
KJK, Budapest 1996. 483 p.

Magyarország felkészülése az EU-tagságra
(Edited with Marc Maresceau), OMIKK, Budapest, 1996. 438 p.

The Globalization of the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union: Symptoms and Consequences
in: M. Maresceau (ed.): Enlarging the European Union, Longman, London and New York 1997. 358-375. p.

Strategies for the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union, An Integration Theory Approach
in: Pierre-Henri Laurent - Marc Maresceau (ed.): The State of the European Union, Vol. 4., Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colorado (USA), London 1998. 67-86. p.

Az európai .architektúra. (The European .architecture.)
in.: Rácz Margit (ed.): Õszinte Könyv az Európai Unióról, Euro Info Service, Bpest 1999. 10-18. p.

Közös kereskedelempolitika (The common trade policy)
in: Kende Tamás . Szûcs Tamás (ed.): Az Európai Unió politikái, Osiris Budapest 2000. 29-46 p.

General Conclusions
in: Marc Maresceau . Erwan Lannon (ed.): The EU.s Enlargement and Mediterranean Strategies, Palgrave, New York 2001. 367-378. p.

Európai egyesülés és modernizáció (European unification and modernisation)
Osiris Budapest 2001. 353 p.

Az Európai Unió külpolitikája és a magyar-EU kapcsolatok fejlõdése (Foreign policy of the European Union and the development of relations between Hungary and the EU))
KJK Budapest 2002. 516 p.

Hearing of Commissioner Balázs - European Parliament 2004

Questionnaire to the attention of Mr Péter Balázs (pdf 93kb)
Commissioner designate attached to Commissioner Barrot, responsible for Regional Policy

Answers to questionnaire for Commissioner Designate Péter Balázs (pdf 278kb)