Péter Szijjártó
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
He was born on October 30th, 1978 in Komárom.
He is an economist who earned his degree in International Relations from the Budapest
University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration in 2002.
He joined Fidesz in 1998. He was elected to member of the municipal government in the
same year in the city of Győr, and then he obtained a mandate between 2006 and 2010
again.
In 2005 he was elected to president of Fidelitas, the youth organization of Fidesz. He
occupied this position until 2009.
He first became member of the National Assembly in 2002. He received mandates in 2006,
2010 and 2014 as well; currently he serves his fourth term as member of the Parliament.
He served as communications director and spokesman of the Fidesz between 2006 and 2010,
and he was chief of staff of the party’s president from 2009 to 2010.
During his parliamentary work he was deputy faction leader of Fidesz and chairman of the
Parliament's Budget Committee.
He served as the Prime Minister’s spokesman from June 2010 to June 2012, and headed the
Prime Minister’s staff in charge of press, international and organizational affairs.
In June 2012 he was appointed to State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic
Relations of the Prime Minister’s Office.
He served as Government Commissioner for Hungarian-Russian Relations and Hungarian
Chinese Bilateral Relations from March 2013.
In June, 2014, he was appointed to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and
Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Since September, 2014, he serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.