Tibor Navracsics (born Veszprém,

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, 13 June 1966) is a Hungarian lawyer and 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

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and was the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in the

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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

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of the

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in 2000.

Career

* 1990–1992: Municipal Court, City of Veszprém – Tribunal Clerk; * 1992–1993: Regional Assembly of Veszprém County – Research Fellow; * 1993–1997: University of Economics,

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, Department of

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– Assistant Professor; * 1997– 2001: Department of Political Sciences – Associate Professor * 1998–1999:

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's Office, Communications Department – Head of Department, (

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's Cabinet); * 1999–2002: Prime Minister's Office, Department for Press and Information – Head of Department; * 2002–2003: Parliamentary Group of Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, Head of Department for Political Analyses; * 2003–2006: Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, Chief of President's Cabinet; * 2004– Leader of the program-creating team, referred to as "Civic Governance"; * 2006– Member of Parliament * 2001– : Department of Political Sciences

– Senior Associate Professor * 2006– :

– Hungarian Civic Union – Leader of the

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* 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

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; * 1998–2000: Secretary General of the Hungarian Association of Political Scientists; * 1996– : Vice-President, Association of the Hungarian Institute for Political Science; * 1999– : Member of the Editorial Board, Politikatudományi Szemle (Political Science Review); * 2001– : Member of the Presidency, Hungarian Association of Political Science

Publications

*''Európai belpolitika'' (Internal Politics in the European Union). Budapest: Korona, 1998 *''Political Analysis of the European Union, Bp., Korona, 1998 *''Political Communication, 2004 (co-author: István Hegedűs-Szilágyi-Mihály Gál-Balázs Sipos)

Field of research

Navracsics's field of research are comparative politics and internal politics in the European Union. Because he speaks Serbocroatian, he wrote a number of analyses regarding the former Yugoslavia.

Notable facts

* At the invitation of the presidency he wrote about the ground values of the party a

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, after he organized several public debates on the topics of living standards, competitiveness, public services and justice. The manifesto was accepted by the 2007 Congress of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union. * He was elected "Teacher of the Year 2007" by the students of ELTE. * On 6 October 2014, the

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proposed to reject him as EU commissioner-designate since he was found unsuitable for the post related to citizenship. Instead he was given the portfolio for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.

References

External links

Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union

The Hungarian Parliament

the manifesto
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