Ministers Of The Third Orban Government – Photo Gallery

Budapest, June 6 (MTI) – Following are short biographies of the ministers of the third Orban government formed on June 6, 2014.

Zsolt Semjen, 52, minister without portfolio in charge of Hungarian communities abroad, was trained as a theologian and sociologist. He has been a Christian Democrat politician since 1990 and the party’s leader since 2003. He was minister without portfolio and deputy PM in the 2nd Orban government.

Janos Lazar, 39, serves as minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s Office. Trained as a lawyer, he was the mayor of Hodmezovasarhely between 2002-2010 and a lawmaker for Fidesz since 2002. He was state secretary in charge of the cabinet in the second Orban cabinet from 2012 and parliamentary group leader of the Fidesz party in the two years prior to that.

Sandor Pinter, 65, (not an MP) stays on as interior minister. Trained as a lawyer and mechanical engineer, he launched his career as police officer. He was national police chief between 1991-1996 and retired in 1996. He served as interior minister in the first and second Orban cabinets.

Tibor Navracsics, 47, minister of foreign and external economic affairs, was a universitiy professor specialising in law and political science. He headed a department at the PM’s office between 1998-2002 and became a Fidesz MP since 2006 as well as heading the party’s parliamentary group. He was Deputy PM and minister of public administration and justice in the second Orban cabinet.

Csaba Hende, 54, continues to serve as defence minister. He worked as political state secretary in the justice ministry between 1998 and 2002 and served as Orban’s cabinet head in 2002. He quit the Hungarian Democratic Forum party to join Fidesz in 2004.