Judit Varga

Judit Varga
Minister of Justice of Hungary

    Personal information
  • Date of birth 10 September 1980
  • Family status Married with three children
    Professional experience
  • from 12 July 2019 Minister of Justice
  • 2018-2019 Minister of State for EU Relations
  • 2009-2018 Political advisor to the Member of the European Parliament, Brussels
  • 2006-2009 Trainee Judge, Budapest Regional Court and Central District Court of Pest, Budapest
  • 2005-2006 Trainee Associate, Hogan & Hartson, Budapest
  • 2004-2005 Trainee Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Budapest
    Education
  • 2015 Summer Training on Energy Law, Florence School of Regulation, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence
  • 2009 Hungarian bar exam
  • 2003 Fachhochschule Nürtingen Erasmus Scholarship, European studies
  • 2002-2004 Scholarship of the Republic (now National Higher Education Scholarship)
  • 1999-2004 University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law law degree summa cum laude
    Languages
  • English, German, French – fluent
  • Spanish – colloquial