Bence Tuzson

Bence Balázs Tuzson (born 31 January 1972) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Justice from 2023 to 2026. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 2014, and was a substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2014 to 2015.

Early life He was born on 31 January 1972 in Budapest. His mother was an architect while his father was a mechanical engineer. At the age of 17 he joined the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), working as a youth policy advisor to József Antall. During the early 90s he also became a secretary of the MDF committee in District XII, meeting Viktor Orbán at this time through various events.

After he passed the bar exam in 2003, he ran his own law firm until 2014. and he sent letters to multiple embassies notifying them that Pride was banned. During the Szőlő Street scandal, Tuzson announced his report, which was completed within two days, and states that according to the , no member of the government was involved in the Szőlő Street case and that a foreign intelligence service was likely also involved in the "unprecedented attack on the Hungarian government". On 24 September 2025, Minister of Justice Bence Tuzson published the ministerial report he had prepared at the government's request on the allegations concerning criminal proceedings at the Szőlő Street Reformatory. However, the decree authorizing the minister to prepare the report was not published in the Hungarian Gazette until 1 p.m., while Tuzson posted about it at 11:59. Tuzson listed the findings of the report, including that no minors or politicians were mentioned in the criminal case, that there was no doubt about the innocence of the ministers, and that foreign secret service involvement had also been raised in the case. According to the report, Csaba Káncz was also questioned as a witness, and he said that he had no evidence in the case and that he had obtained his statements from an influential member of a nationally-known influential political family. The report concludes that the investigation will continue in order to uncover "further connections to organized, coordinated action against the government".

Tuzson was defeated by Tisza candidate Orsolya Miskolczi in Dunakeszi constituency during the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election, but he was elected MP via the national list of Fidesz–KDNP. He became a vice-chairman of the parliament's Committee on Justice and Constitutional Affairs.