István Stumpf

István Stumpf
Stumpf in 2009
Government Commissioner for Universities
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 January 2021
Prime MinisterViktor Orbán
MinisterSándor Pintér
Member of the Constitutional Court
In office
22 July 2010 – 22 July 2019
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
In office
8 July 1998 – 27 May 2002
Prime MinisterViktor Orbán
Preceded byoffice created
Succeeded byElemér Kiss
Personal details
Born (1957-08-05) 5 August 1957
Sárospatak, Hungary
PartyFidesz (1997–present)
Other political
affiliations
MSZMP (formerly)
HNF (1988–1990)
SpouseAndrea Horváth
Children4
Alma materEötvös Loránd University
OccupationPolitician • Jurist

István Stumpf (born 5 August 1957) is a Hungarian politician.

Biography

A former member[1] of the ruling Communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, he was the last Vice President of National Council of the Patriotic People's Front from 1989 to 1990. From 1991 to 1994 he was the youth policy adviser to the president of Hungary, Árpád Göncz. He also served as minister of the Prime Minister's Office (deputy prime minister) from 1998 to 2002 in the first cabinet of Viktor Orbán. He was a constitutional justice at the Constitutional Court of Hungary from July 2010 to July 2019.[2] In the beginning of February 2021, he was appointed for a 2 year term as the Government Commissioner for Universities.

Personal life

He is married. His wife, Andrea Horváth, works as a judge. They have four children.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Stumpf az MSZMP tagjaként tudatosan vett részt a rendszer fenntartásában
  2. ↑ Alkotmánybíróvá választották Bihari Mihályt és Stumpf Istvánt, Origo.hu, 2010. július 22.
  3. ↑ "Stumpf István - Az emberek élhető országot akarnak" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
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