Alajos Mészáros was born in 1952 in Podunajské Biskupice. He graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology of Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava. From 2006 to 2007 he served as Slovakia’s Ambassador to Sweden and since 2008 he is serving as the director of the Institute for Engineering Studies of STU.
Political affiliation: Party of Hungarian Coalition – SMK (member of the European People’s Party and European Democrats in the EP)