Mihály Varga

Mihály Varga
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister


Place and date of birth:

  • 26 January 1965, Karcag

Academic qualification:

  • University of Economics of Budapest (1989)

Professional experience:

  • as of 22 May 2018: Deputy Prime Minister
  • as of 18 May 2018: Minister of Finance
  • 7 March 2013 -17 May 2018: Minister for National Economy
  • 2 June 2012 - 6 March 2013: Minister without portfolio responsible for liaising with certain international financial organizations
  • 29 May 2010 -1 June 2012: State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office during the second Orbán Cabinet
  • 2006–2010: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Budgetary, Finance and Audit Affairs
  • 2002–2006: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Budgetary and Finance Affairs
  • 2001–2002: Minister of Finance in the first Orbán Cabinet
  • 1998–2000: Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance in the first Orbán Cabinet
  • 1998: Chairman of Economic Committee, Member of Audit Committee
  • 1996–1998: Member of Committee on Budgetary and Finance Affairs
  • 1995–1997: External Lecturer of the College of Economics of Szolnok, Honorary College Professor
  • 1995–1998: Member of the Audit Committee, President of the Commission of Inquiry on Borrower and Banking Consolidation
  • 1992–1994: Member of the Audit Committee
  • 1991–1994: Member of the Tax Committee, Member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for the Review of the Structure and Operation of the State Audit Office of Hungary
  • 1990–1994: Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Budgetary, Taxation and Finance Affairs
  • 1990: Economist at the East Hungary Water Management and Planning Company
  • 1989: Auditor at the State Construction Company Nr. 43

Foreign language spoken

  • English

Material status:

  • Married, father of four children