IIRA Executive Committee Members
Dr. Lajos Hethy
Institute of Social Policy and Labour
Mozsár utca 14.
H-1066 BUDAPEST
Hungary
Tel.: (+36-1) 354-1984
Fax: (+36-1) 354-1985
E-mail:
Born 1943. Economist and sociologist. Deputy Director General for Labour, Institute of Social Policy and Labour, Budapest (2007-). Deputy Director General for Research and Analysis, National Employment Office, Budapest, (2006). Administrative State Secretary, Hungarian Ministry of Labour and Employment Policy (2004-06). Earlier Political State Secretary (1994-98), and Deputy State Secretary for International Affairs (1990-91), Hungarian Ministry of Labour. In the meantime, Director, Institute for Labour Research, Budapest, (1980-1999). Director for labour and social affairs of UNMIK (UN administration of Kosovo) and permanent secretary of the new Kosovo Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Kosovo, Pristina, 2000-03. The representative of Hungary’s Government in the ILO’s Governing Body, chairman of the GB’s Sectoral and Technical Meetings Committee, and member of the Board of ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies (1994-98, 2005-). An architect of Hungarian tripartism, the Government’s chief negotiator in the Hungarian (National) Council for the Reconciliation of Interests, (1994-98). Prepared the establishment of the (Hungarian) Economic and Social Council (2003-04), Governmental Coordinator of the Council, and the Prime Minister’s adviser on social dialogue issues (since 2005). A founder and first president, Hungarian Industrial Relations Association, (1991-2000). Widely published on labour administration, wages and employment and labour relations in Hungary and abroad.
His recent books: Héthy, L.: Social Dialogue and the Expanding World. The Decade of Tripartism in Hungary and in Central and Eastern Europe 1988-99. European Trade Union Institute. Report 70. Bruxelles, 2002. Héthy, L.: Kosovo Mission. Reconstructing the labour and social welfare system. (1999-2003), European Trade Union Institute, Bruxelles, 2005.