Curriculum Vitae
of Dr. György Varga

Personal data:

Born: 1959, in Oroszlány / Hungary

Marital status: married

Children: 1 daughter and 1 son

Foreign languages: English, German, Russian, Italian

Education:

1977-1981 Military College, Budapest

1986-1989 National Defense University, Budapest – Faculty of Military Diplomacy

2001 PhD’s degree in the theme of international relations, Budapest, summa cum laude

2001 Special higher examination of public administration (in foreign affairs)

2006 Senior executive seminar, George C. Marshall Centre (Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany)

Professional career:

May 2008 - Hungarian Embassy in Moldova – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

2007-2008 Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Head of the Cabinet Office of the Minister

2005-2007 Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Foreign policy analyst of the Policy Planning Department

2001-2005 Hungarian Embassy in Moscow – Deputy head of mission

2000-2001 Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Deputy Director of the Territorial Department for the CIS states

1998-2000 Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Analyst of the Department of Strategic Planning

1997-1998 Government Office for Hungarian Minorities Abroad – Head of Department for Ukraine

1996-1997 Ministry of Defense – Deputy Head of section

1992-1996 Hungarian Embassy in Kiev – Second, then First Secretary

March 1992 Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Desk officer

1989-1992 Ministry of Defense - Analyst

1986-1989 National Defense University, Budapest - Student

1981-1986 Hungarian Armed Forces – Career Officer

Diplomatic career:

2008 Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary

2002 Minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary

2001 First Counselor

1999 Second Counselor

1994 First Secretary

1992 Second Secretary

Scientific membership:

• 2002 - Hungarian Academy of Sciences (member of public board, IX. section)

Teaching:

• 2005-2008 Lecturer, Századvég Academy of Politics, Eger (Theories of International Relations, Security Policy)
• 2008 - Assistant professor, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger (Theories of International Relations, History of Modern Diplomacy)

Most important publications:

• The Evolving Balance of Power and Hungary’s Foreign Policy Options (Foreign Policy Review, Budapest, 2000, Special issue)
• Contacts between Ukraine and NATO: the view from Hungary (2000), National Security & Defence, Kiev, I. évf. 8. szám, Társszerző: Nagy László
• Ugorszko-ukrainszke szptvrobitnyictvo v pilannyi nacionalnih mensin: mizsnarodnij doszvid (2000), Kijev, Sztrategicsna Panorama 3. évf. 1-2. szám
• Ukraine and the NATO (Strategicsna Panorama, Kiev, 2000)
• Diaspora policy of the Hungarian Government (in: New diasporas in Hungary, Russia and Ukraine) - 2000, Open Society Institute, Budapest
• The European political systems (Osiris Publisher, 2nd issue, 2004), chapter “Ukraine”