Gyula Hegyi

Gyula Hegyi studied at Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Kalmár László Vocational Secondary School of Computer Science. The recorded working language is Hungarian, English and German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg, Brussels and Budapest. Positions recorded include member of the National Assembly of Hungary and Member of the European Parliament.

• Name — Gyula Hegyi • Born — 30 April 1951 • Birthplace — Békéscsaba, Hungary • Alma Mater — Budapest University of Technology • Occupation — Politician, journalist, writer • Party — Hungarian Socialist Party • Other Party — Party of European Socialists • Office — Member of the European Parliament • Term Start — 2004 • Term End — 2009 • Committees — Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; Culture and Education (substitute)

Gyula Hegyi was born on 30 April 1951 in Békéscsaba. He studied at the Budapest University of Technology, from where he graduated in 1975. Two years later he finished the school of the Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ) in 1975. He worked for the culture and the 'comment' section of the Hungarian newspaper, Magyar Hírlap. He published some thousand articles on culture and politics in Hungarian dailies and weeklies and he also wrote nine books: three collections of verses, six collections of essays and other articles. From the time of the change of regime in Hungary until he became MP in the Hungarian Parliament Gyula Hegyi had been the spokesman and the member of the presidency of several Hungarian organisation, such as Demokratikus Charta, Nyilvánosság Klub and Amnesty International. He is the member of the Association of Catholic Journalists, the Hungarian Writer's Association, and several environmental movements.

Hegyi joined the Hungarian Socialist Party on 15 March 1995. He was elected to MP three times, in 1994, 1998 and 2002. He was the member of the Human Rights Committee and European Integration Committee in his first term. He was the vice-chairman of the NGO Committee in his second term, and had the same position in the Environmental Committee from 2002. Hegyi represents the left wing of the party.

Hegyi was elected to the Member of the European Parliament from the list of the Hungarian Socialist Party in June 2004. He became the member of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safe Committee and the substitute member of the Culture and Education Committee. He participates in the work of the West-Balkan Delegation and the vice-chairman of the Macedonian Delegation. As one of the most active Hungarian MEP, he has been the rapporteur or co-rapporteur of some twenty reports of environmental and cultural issues. After his mandate at the European Parliament, he joined the cabinet of European Commissioner László Andor.

• Hegyi Gyula's personal web site • Hegyi Gyula's official web site • Hegyi Gyula's Member of European Parliament page • Learn from our failures and create a socialist democracy article, Guardian newspaper, Dec. 2006 • New Warsaw pact article in Guardian, Sept. 2008.

Gyula Hegyi was born in Békéscsaba on 30 April 1951. Conversely, biographical records maintained in English Wikipedia present Hegyi as remaining active long after 2001, documenting his parliamentary election in 2004, published press commentaries in 2006 and 2008, and subsequent service in Brussels within the cabinet of European Commissioner László Andor. The authority file records his working locations across Strasbourg, Brussels, and Budapest, with working languages recorded as Hungarian, English, and German. Hegyi completed his early technical and professional education at the Kalmár László Vocational Secondary School of Computer Science and the Budapest University of Technology, graduating from the latter in 1975 according to Wikipedia. He subsequently completed coursework at the journalism school of the Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ). Although structured Wikidata claims note a background in cartography and family ties to cartographers, the detailed evidence supplied does not establish specific cartographic works, maps, or institutional holdings associated with his name.

Gyula Hegyi entered national parliamentary politics in Hungary during the transition period following the change of regime. English Wikipedia records that he was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary across three successive parliamentary terms in 1994, 1998, and 2002, formally joining the Hungarian Socialist Party on 15 March 1995 as a representative of its left wing. During his initial term in the National Assembly, Hegyi held positions on the Human Rights Committee and the European Integration Committee. In his second term, he served as vice-chairman of the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations, subsequently assuming the vice-chairmanship of the Environmental Committee in 2002. His parliamentary mandate extended into European governance. Authority records from Wikidata note his service as a Representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. In June 2004, Hegyi was elected to the European Parliament on the Hungarian Socialist Party ticket. There he served as a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, a substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education, and vice-chairman of the Delegation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. English Wikipedia notes he acted as rapporteur or co-rapporteur for approximately twenty parliamentary reports.