Tibor Navracsics

Tibor Navracsics (born 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from June to September 2014. He previously served as Minister of Administration and Justice between 2010 and 2014. He is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party and was the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the Juncker Commission. Between 2022 and 2026, he has been the Minister of Regional Development of Hungary.

Career Navracsics was elected in Veszprém County 1st constituency in 2018 and 2022.

Education Navracsics holds a degree in law (Eötvös Loránd University 1990) and a higher degree as judge (1992). He also received a PhD in political science at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1999.

Career 1990–1992: Municipal Court, City of Veszprém – Tribunal Clerk; 1992–1993: Regional Assembly of Veszprém County – Research Fellow; 1993–1997: University of Economics, Budapest, Department of Political Sciences – Assistant Lecturer; 1997–1999: Department of Political Sciences – Senior Lecturer 1999–2001: Department of Political Sciences – Associate Professor 1998–1999: Prime Minister's Office, Communications Department – Head of Department, (Viktor Orbán's Cabinet); 1999–2002: Prime Minister's Office, Department for Press and Information – Head of Department; 2004– : Leader of the program-creating team, referred to as "Civic Governance"; 2006– : Member of Parliament 2001– : Department of Political Sciences Eötvös Loránd University – Senior Associate Professor 2006–2010: Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union – Leader of the Fraction The Congress of Fidesz in May, 2007, has accepted his (Navracsics's) polemical essay "Our Future"; Member of the Political Sciences Association 2010–2014: Minister of Public Administration and Justice 2014: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade 2014–2019: European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport 2024: Minister for Public Administration and Regional Development

Professional experiences

1990–1992: Department of Social Sciences at the University of Veszprém – Lecturer; 1992–1998: Dániel Berzsenyi Teacher's College, Szombathely – Department of Sociology and Political Sciences – Lecturer; 1992–1993: Periodical Comitatus – Editor; 1997–2000: Secretary General of the Hungarian Association of Political Scientists; Because he speaks Serbo-Croatian, Instead he was given the portfolio for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.