Mihály Varga

Mihály Varga
Minister of Finance of Hungary
In office 1 January 2001 – 26 May 2002
Preceded by	Zsigmond Járai
Succeeded by	Csaba László
Personal details
Born	January 26, 1965(1965-01-26) Karcag, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party	Fidesz
Profession	politician, economist

The native form of this personal name is Varga Mihály. This article uses the Western name order.

Mihály Varga (born 26 January 1965) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 2001 and 2002. He is member of the Fidesz from the beginnings (1988). He is one of the party's four vice presidents since 2005.

Career

He studied at Gábor Áron Secondary School in Karcag and finishing in 1983. He graduated in trade from Karl Marx University of Economic Science of Budapest in 1989. After defending his thesis he served as an auditor at the State Construction Company No. 43 in Budapest, and then became an economist at the East Hungary Water Planning Company in Szolnok in 1990.

At the end of December 1988 he joined the Alliance of Young Democrats (Fidesz). He was the founder of the Szolnok county Fidesz group. He became a member of Fidesz's National Board in 1990, and served as its chairman in 1992-93. From 1993 to 1995 he was chairman of the party's organisation in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. From 1994 to 2003 he was the party's national deputy chairman, a member of the National Board and director of the party's Management Office. He has chaired the Karcag constituency since the autumn of 2003. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1990 elected from the national list in 1990 and co-opted on 26 September 1994; elected to represent: Constituency 8, Karcag, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in 1998. From 1995 to 1998 he was Deputy Group Leader.

From 14 July 1998 to 31 December 2000 he was Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. From 1 January 2001 to 27 May 2002 he served as Minister of Finance. He secured an individual mandate from Karcag once again in the 2002 parliamentary elections. On finishing his governmental duties he became leader of the Budget and Finance Committee. He secured a seat in Parliament in the 2006 general elections from Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county 8.constituency. He was elected chairman of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Audit Office on 30 May 2006.

Varga became state secretary of the Prime Minister's Office in 2010. His role to maintain a contact between the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the ministers.

Public life

He served as vice president of the Hungarian - Kazakh Friendship Society from 1997. In 2000 he became a member of the Order of the Knights of St. John. He became presbyter of the Reformed Church of Karcag and a member of the Rákóczi Association in 2001. In 2003 he became Chairman of the Nagykun Civic Association. He is an honorary professor of the College of Management in Szolnok.

References

• Mihály Varga's homepage
• Biography
• Biography

Political offices
Preceded by Zsigmond Járai	Minister of Finance 2001–2002	Succeeded by Csaba László

Persondata
Name	Varga, Mihaly
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Date of birth	26 January 1965
Place of birth	Karcag, People's Republic of Hungary
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