János Fónagy

Dr. János Vilmos Fónagy (born 11 July 1942) is a Hungarian jurist, economist and politician, who served as Minister of Transport and Water Management between 2000 and 2002. He was Parliamentary State Secretary for National Development between 2 June 2010 and 17 May 2018. His father was a textile engineer, while his mother worked as a physiotherapist. He married Ágnes Tábori in 1965, they have a daughter and two grandchildren. His wife is a senior corporate attorney.

He finished in the Transportation Department of a Technical School of Economics in 1960. After acquiring a certificate in boatbuilding in 1962, he started to work in the Budapesti Építők SC. He took up a post in the from 1964 to 1965. While working, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1966. On 1 May 2012 he was appointed Government Commissioner responsible for the conversion of public transport for one-year term. Fónagy was re-elected MP for Hegyvidék, 12th district of Budapest (Budapest Constituency III) in the 2014 parliamentary election.

Personal life He is married. His wife is Dr Ágnes Fónagyné Tábori. They have a child.

He is of Jewish descent, but he states that he is Agnostic.