Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Sunday that the new Tisza government is built on internationally recognised, highly qualified professionals with significant expertise, following the appointment of 55 state secretaries by the president of the republic on his recommendation.
In a post published on Facebook, Magyar said one-third of the newly appointed officials are women, adding that the 55 experts collectively hold 103 university degrees. He noted that the youngest appointee is 28 years old, while the oldest is 66.
Strong female representation
The prime minister highlighted the strong representation of women in several ministries. He pointed in particular to the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs, where all appointed state secretaries are women. Female majorities can also be seen at the Ministry for the Living Environment and the Ministry of Education and Children’s Affairs, he added.
According to Magyar, the most common educational backgrounds among the appointees are in law, economics, engineering and IT, as well as the social sciences. He said the group combines traditional public administration and legal expertise with economic and financial knowledge, alongside policy-focused thinking.
He also stressed that expertise in healthcare, agriculture, environmental protection and social policy is represented as well, reflecting the thematic diversity of the ministries.
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Some even hold 3 or more diplomas
Magyar added that the high number of degrees shows many of the appointees are qualified in multiple fields, with several holding three or more diplomas.
He also noted the high proportion of academic qualifications among the state secretaries, saying roughly one-third hold PhD degrees, while nearly every second person on the full list carries a doctoral or professorial title.
The full list of appointed state secretaries was published in Sunday’s issue of the Hungarian Gazette.
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I have four master’s degrees and a doctorate. Will “Peti” give me a cabinet post, too, or are they just for toadies?
En passant, FIFTY-FIVE departments!?! The Austrian-Hungarian Empire was run by less than a fourth of that! Ridicks.
4 master degrees and yet you show lack of cognitive ability to support neofascists and neonazis! what a waste of public money on you! shame!!!
Go shame yourself – with your silly schoolboy epithets!
No Steiner, the simple answer is no.
Idiots are not included in this government, they already ruled for 16 years, you had your chance.
Take your claimed PhD and have a decent job at Wolt or Foodora 😂😂
oh you are over qualified
There may be no intellectual idiots, in this government, Dear Rádzs, but, people very bright people can have a total lack of common sense – which is what we see in Bruxelles.
Moreover, intellectual achievement, though excellent, is no sign of loyalty or morality.
Those two latter things are the most important, and probably what most Hungarians, who voted for Tisza, felt were lacking in Fidesz, in recent years..
This worship of a piece of paper (degree) is so misguided and ignorant of reality. Everyone knows people with advanced degrees that are total morons in real life.
Lorinc Meszaros proved degrees mean nothing didn’t he. A gas fitter became the most successful businees man and richest person in Hungary. Let’s all now figure out how that happened.
Considering that, advice for your health care would be to avoid all professionals with advanced degrees. Same thing goes with archetecture, road and bridge design, IT and anything to do with education. You won’t deal with any “morons”.
Yes, Dear Larry, but, as you well know – intellectual competence is no sign of good governance, when moral corruption is the primary issue.
Just look at my own president – he wages a war because his top 2 contributors tell him to do so.
I totally agree, Dear Erik – intellectual pedigree, or otherwise, is absolutely no indication of character.