Tibor Navracsics (born 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014. He previously served as Minister of Administration and Justice between 2010 and 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party and was the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the Juncker Commission. Between 2022 and 2026, he has been the Minister of Regional Development of Hungary.
Career Navracsics was elected in Veszprém County 1st constituency in 2018 and 2022.
Education Navracsics holds a degree in law (Eötvös Loránd University 1990) and a higher degree as judge (1992). He also received a PhD in political science at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1999.
Career 1990–1992: Municipal Court, City of Veszprém – Tribunal Clerk; 1992–1993: Regional Assembly of Veszprém County – Research Fellow; 1993–1997: University of Economics, Budapest, Department of Political Sciences – Assistant Lecturer; 1997–1999: Department of Political Sciences – Senior Lecturer 1999–2001: Department of Political Sciences – Associate Professor 1998–1999: Prime Minister's Office, Communications Department – Head of Department, (Viktor Orbán's Cabinet); 1999–2002: Prime Minister's Office, Department for Press and Information – Head of Department; 2002–2003: Parliamentary Group of Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, Head of Department for Political Analyses; 2003–2006: Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, Chief of President's Cabinet; 2004– : Leader of the program-creating team, referred to as "Civic Governance"; 2006– : Member of Parliament 2001– : Department of Political Sciences Eötvös Loránd University – Senior Associate Professor 2006–2010: Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union – Leader of the Fraction The Congress of Fidesz in May, 2007, has accepted his (Navracsics's) polemical essay "Our Future"; Member of the Political Sciences Association 2010–2014: Minister of Public Administration and Justice 2014: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2014–2019: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport 2022–2024: Minister for Regional Development 2024: Minister for Public Administration and Regional Development
Professional experiences
1990–1992: Department of Social Sciences at the University of Veszprém – Lecturer; 1992–1998: Dániel Berzsenyi Teacher's College, Szombathely – Department of Sociology and Political Sciences – Lecturer; 1992–1993: Periodical Comitatus – Editor; 1997–2000: Secretary General of the Hungarian Association of Political Scientists; 1996– : Vice-President, Association of the Hungarian Institute for Political Science; 1999– : Member of the Editorial Board, Politikatudományi Szemle (Political Science Review); 2001– : Member of the Presidency, Hungarian Association of Political Science
Publications Európai belpolitika (Internal Politics in the European Union). Budapest: Korona, 1998 Political Analysis of the European Union, Bp., Korona, 1998 Political Communication, 2004 (co-author: István Hegedűs-Szilágyi-Mihály Gál-Balázs Sipos)
Field of research Navracsics's field of research are comparative politics and internal politics in the European Union. Because he speaks Serbo-Croatian, he wrote a number of analyses regarding the former Yugoslavia.
Notable facts At the invitation of the presidency he wrote about the ground values of the party a manifesto, after he organized several public debates on the topics of living standards, competitiveness, public services and justice. The manifesto was accepted by the 2007 Congress of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union. He was elected "Teacher of the Year 2007" by the students of ELTE. On 6 October 2014, the European Parliament proposed to reject him as EU commissioner-designate since he was found unsuitable for the post related to citizenship. Instead he was given the portfolio for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
References
External links Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union The Hungarian Parliament the manifesto