Lívia Járóka | |
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 Járóka in 2014 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 15 September 2017 – 15 July 2024 | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 30 June 2014 | |
| Vice-President of the European Parliament | |
| In office 15 November 2017 – 18 January 2022 | |
| President | Antonio Tajani David Sassoli Roberta Metsola (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (age 51) |
| Political party | Fidesz |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Politician |
Lívia Járóka (born 6 October 1974) is a Hungarian politician. She is aMember of the European Parliament, first elected as part of theFidesz list in 2004. Járóka is the secondRomani (and the first Romani woman) ever elected to the European Parliament (afterJuan de Dios Ramírez Heredia from Spain, who served from 1986 to 1999).[1]
Járóka grew up inSopron, a town near Hungary's western border withAustria. Her father is ethnically Roma, her mother Hungarian. After getting an MA in sociology from theWarsaw campus of theCentral European University on a scholarship from theOpen Society Institute she went on to studyanthropology inBritain, focusing on Romani issues and culture. In August 2003 she had a daughter and a son in 2007. In 2012 she finished her PhD in Social Anthropology at theUniversity College London.[2]
Járóka has been criticized as an apologist for the treatment ofHungarian Roma by her party, Fidesz.[3] She has also declined to criticize Fidesz' campaign againstGeorge Soros,[4] and the party's attacks on her alma mater, theCentral European University.[5]
She was a member of theCommittee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and theDelegation for relations with South Africa. She was a substitute member of theCommittee on Employment and Social Affairs, as well the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.[6]
In 2014 she retired as an MEP but returned on 15 September 2017 afterIldikó Gáll-Pelcz left theEuropean Parliament. She was elected aVice-President of the European Parliament on 15 November 2017. She was re-elected in that position on 3 July 2019.[7] She served as Vice-President until 17 January 2022.[8]
She is married and has two children.[9]
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