Ernő Schaller-Baross

Ernő Schaller-Baross (born 30 January 1987) is a Hungarian diplomat and politician. He has been serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2021. He is a member of Fidesz.

Early life Schaller-Baross was born on 30 January 1987 in Budapest. He became a member of Fidelitas, the youth organization of Fidesz, in 2002. He graduated from the Austrian High School in Budapest in 2005.

Career He has been a member of Fidesz since 2010.

Between 2017 and 2018, he supported the leader of the Parliamentary Group of Fidesz as a foreign policy advisor. Between May 2018 and January 2021, he was the Deputy State Secretary for International Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office of Hungary.

Ernő Schaller-Baross took over his mandate as a member of the European Parliament in January 2021. He began his career as a full member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), and as a substitute member of the Delegation for relations with the United States of America. In September 2021, as non-attached Member of the European Parliament, he became full member of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence (AIDA) and substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). 2020 - Board member of the Hungarian Golf Federation In 2019, he participated in the James S. Denton Transatlantic Fellowship organised by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, D.C. In autumn 2020, he was a participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) organised by the U.S. Department of State 2019 - member of the supervisory board of the Otto Habsburg Foundation