Minister

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

The Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Zsolt Nagy, is an engineer specialised in automation and industrial informatics. He is married and has two children.

Zsolt Nagy has been a member of and held a number of managing positions in technical-scientific associations and coordinated programmes initiated by the Democratic Association of the Hungarians in Romania (DAHR) in the sector of local public administration. As well, between 2003 and 2004, he coordinated the collaboration programme on Information Society initiated by DAHR and the Ministry of Informatics and Communication in Hungary.

In 1996 and 2000, Zsolt Nagy coordinated the electoral campaigns of DAHR, and in 2004 he was the campaign manager, both in the local and in the general elections. At present, he holds the position of DAHR Vice-President.

Zsolt Nagy is a graduate of the Faculty of Automation and Computers within the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and holds an Engineer Diploma, profile – System and Computer Science, specialisation – Automation and Industrial Informatics. Between 1997 and 2000, he attended the courses of prestigious management schools, such as: Robert Schuman Institute (Budapest), National Democratic Institute (Washington DC), International Republican Institute, the Foundation for Pluralism and Democracy after Communism (AFC), Hungary.

In 1992, he became a member of the Hungarian Technical-Scientific Society in Transylvania. Since 2000, he has been the President of the Progress Foundation for promoting digital culture, and in 2004, he was appointed President of the Cultural Foundation Janovics Jeno.

As Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Zsolt Nagy supports the development of broadband communications and encourages investments in the IT&C field. Furthermore, the Minister is determined to contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of Romanian economy. Therefore, he encourages the operators to use the latest information technologies, and is committed to consolidating the IT&C industry, improving the institutional performance of public administration and the comfort of the citizens.

In January 2005, he has been awarded the “Neumann Janos” prize for supporting and promoting Information Society.