Tristan Azbej (born March 4, 1979) is a Hungarian politician, the State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Hungary Helps Program.
He is also the Vice President of the KDNP - Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary).
Life
He earned a master's degree in geology from
Eötvös Loránd University
Eötvös Loránd University ( hu, Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, ELTE) is a Hungarian public research university based in Budapest. Founded in 1635, ELTE is one of the largest and most prestigious public higher education institutions in Hung ...
in 2002. He then went on to complete a Ph.D. in Geosciences at
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...
, graduating in 2006.
He entered politics in 2010, working as a Policy Advisor for the FIDESZ-KDNP Parliamentary Group. Between 2012 and 2013 he worked as a Policy Advisor for the Prime Minister's Office. From 2013 to 2017 he served as the Science and Technology attaché at the Embassy of Hungary in Tel Aviv.
In 2017 he took the position of Head of department at the Deputy State Secretariat for the Aid of Persecuted Christians at the Ministry of Human Capacities. Later in the same year he became the Deputy State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians. Since 2018 he has been serving as the State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Program at the Prime Minister's Office. In this role he has been coordinating the humanitarian efforts of the Government of Hungary and has had numerous public appearances advocating for freedom of religion
He was elected Vice President of KDNP in 2020.
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External links
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1979 births
Living people
Christian Democratic People's Party (Hungary) politicians
Hungarian politicians
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
Virginia Tech alumni