Enikő Győri
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of State for EU Affairs

Date and place of birth

Budapest, 1968.

Education

She earned her degree at the University of Economics, Budapest, Faculty of International Relations in 1992, PhD in 2000. In 1997 she participated at the course offered by École National d’Administration (ENA). She undertook traineeships in the United States, Belgium, France, Mexico and Spain. Traineeship at the French National Assembly (1998), at the Council of Europe (1998), and at the European Commission (1995).

Employment

Minister of State for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-)
Member of the European Parliament (2009-2010), member of the Economic and Monetary Committee
Head of EU Staff of Fidesz Political Group in the Hungarian National Assembly (2003-2009)
Ambassador of the Hungary to Italy (1999-2003)
Adviser on EU affairs of the Hungarian National Assembly (1992-1999)
Lecturer at ELTE University in Budapest (2004-2009) and Eszterházy Teachers’ College in Eger (1995-1998)

Public activity

Hungarian member of the working group on “European politics” of the European People’s Party (2005-2009)
President of the Italian Forum of Budapest (2004-)
Member of the Board of the Political Science Review, Hungary (2007-)
Director of Free Europe Centre (2004-2009)

Publications

National Parliaments and the European Union, Osiris, 2004
Co-author of several publications about European integration
Reports on Latin-America and on the US in the weekly HVG (1991–1992)

Other

Languages spoken: English, Italian, Spanish (excellent), French (intermediate)

Married, she has two children.