Judit Varga

Judit Varga (born 10 September 1980) is a Hungarian lawyer and retired politician who served as Minister of Justice of Hungary from her appointment in July 2019, until her resignation in June 2023. In the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, she was elected to the National Assembly.

Early life, education, and early career Varga was born on 10 September 1980 in Miskolc, Hungary. In 2003, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Miskolc with a judicial degree.

National Assembly Varga served on the Committee on European Affairs, which she chaired. Kónya was the former deputy director of an orphanage in Bicske who had been convicted in 2019 of and was serving a prison term for coercion for trying to cover up child molestation at the institution. Varga, who was Minister of Justice at the time, had—as constitutionally required—to also countersign the clemency document for it to become a valid pardon. The pardon's revelation created a scandal. As a result, Novák and Varga both resigned on 10 February. Varga had been considered to lead the Fidesz list in the 2024 European Parliament election.

Personal life Varga married Péter Magyar in 2006; he was at the time a member of Fidesz. They have three children. She speaks Hungarian, English, German, French, and Spanish. over bribes paid to former Secretary of State for Justice Pál Völner. Shortly after his testimony, he announced to the press that he had proof in the form of audio recordings that Cabinet Minister Antal Rogán or his associates had manipulated documents in the case in order to hide evidence that would have incriminated Rogán. In a Facebook post a few days later, he promised to make the recordings public at 9 am on 26 March 2024, the date of his next appointment to testify and present the evidence to the prosecutors. He wrote that once this happened, Chief Prosecutor Péter Polt as well as the entire Orbán government would have no choice but to resign.

On 26 March, Magyar released a secretly recorded, two-minute discussion between him and his ex-wife Varga in 2023 about the Schadl-Völner corruption case. Varga's comments apparently implicated Rogán in tampering with evidence by having his and/or his associates' names removed from documents associated with the case.

Later that evening, the YouTube channel Frizbi TV released an interview with Varga in which she went into more detail about her allegations. She said that at various times Magyar had locked her in a room without her consent, pushed her against a door while she was pregnant, and walked around their shared residence brandishing a knife; once he faked suicide, but when the ambulance arrived, he drove off in his pyjamas and Varga had to send the medics off.

Magyar called the accusations slander and said Varga was being blackmailed by the government. According to him, the government media wanted to divert attention from the audio recording by committing character assassination against him.

According to a released police report, Magyar behaved aggressively, intimidating and threatening towards his wife and his environment, when she attempted to take away their children with the help of police officers who were bodyguards due to Varga's job. Magyar was threatening Varga to create a scandal that would overthrow the government. They had a heated argument at their home, and drove erratically to a second home where the children were present. He tried to record the events on his phone, but was stopped by the police. In the end, Magyar went home, and Varga took the children to their grandparents. Magyar said the police report was falsified.

In July 2025, Varga repeated her accusations, and claimed that her ex-husband was a traitor.