Tibor Navracsics | |
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European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport | |
Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
Preceded by | Androulla Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth) |
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |
In office 6 June 2014 – 23 September 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
Preceded by | János Martonyi |
Succeeded by | Péter Szijjártó |
Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary | |
In office 29 May 2010 – 6 June 2014 Served alongside Zsolt Semjén |
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Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
Preceded by | Péter Kiss |
Succeeded by | Zsolt Semjén |
Minister of Public Administration and Justice | |
In office 29 May 2010 – 6 June 2014 |
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Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
Preceded by | Imre Forgács |
Succeeded by | László Trócsányi |
Personal details | |
Born |
Veszprém, Hungary |
13 June 1966
Political party | Fidesz |
Spouse(s) | Anikó Prevoz |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Eötvös Loránd University |
Tibor Navracsics (born Veszprém, Hungary, 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 Fidesz and he is currently the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
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 (Eötvös Loránd University 2000)
Navracsics’s field of research are comparative politics and internal politics in the European Union. Because he speaks both Serbian and Croatian, he wrote a number of analyses regarding the former Yugoslavia.