Judit Czunyi-Bertalan

Judit Czunyi-Bertalan
Secretary of State for Public Education
In office
15 June 2014  14 February 2016
Minister Zoltán Balog
Preceded by Rózsa Hoffmann
Succeeded by László Palkovics (Education)
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
14 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1974-08-06) 6 August 1974
Bokod, Hungary
Political party Fidesz
Children 2
Profession politician
The native form of this personal name is Czunyiné Dr. Bertalan Judit. This article uses the Western name order.

Dr. Judit Czunyi-Bertalan (born 6 August 1974)[1] is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Kisbér then Komárom (Komárom-Esztergom County Constituency III) since 2014.[2] She was a member of the Committee on Youth, Social, Family, and Housing affairs from May 14, 2010 to February 14, 2011.[2]

She was appointed Director of the Komárom-Esztergom County Government Office on January 1, 2011.[2] She became Secretary of State for Education on 15 June 2014, replacing Rózsa Hoffmann.[2] She lives in Bokod with her husband and two children.[1]

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.

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