Judit Czunyi-Bertalan | |
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Secretary of State for Public Education | |
In office 15 June 2014 – 14 February 2016 |
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Minister | Zoltán Balog |
Preceded by | Rózsa Hoffmann |
Succeeded by | László Palkovics (Education) |
Member of the National Assembly | |
Assumed office 14 May 2010 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Bokod, Hungary |
6 August 1974
Political party | Fidesz |
Children | 2 |
Profession | politician |
Dr. Judit Czunyi-Bertalan (born 6 August 1974) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Kisbér then Komárom (Komárom-Esztergom County Constituency III) since 2014. She was a member of the Committee on Youth, Social, Family, and Housing affairs from May 14, 2010 to February 14, 2011.
She was appointed Director of the Komárom-Esztergom County Government Office on January 1, 2011. She became Secretary of State for Education on 15 June 2014, replacing Rózsa Hoffmann. She lives in Bokod with her husband and two children.
Following several rallies and protests against the Orbán cabinet's education reforms in February 2016, when teachers and students criticized the centralized structure and demanded a free choice of textbooks and reduction in teaching hours, Czunyi-Bertalan was dismissed as state secretary by Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog. At the same, she was appointed Government Commissioner for the Digital Content Development.