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Tamás Sulyok
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Sulyok in 2019
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| President-elect of Hungary | |
| Assuming office 5 March 2024 |
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| Prime Minister | Viktor Orbán |
| Succeeding | László Kövér (acting) |
| President of the Constitutional Court of Hungary | |
| Assumed office 22 November 2016 Acting: 22 April 2016 – 22 November 2016 |
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| Appointed by | National Assembly |
| Preceded by | Barnabás Lenkovics |
| Member of the Constitutional Court | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2014 |
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| Appointed by | National Assembly |
| Hungarian Honorary Consul to Austria | |
| In office 2000–2014 |
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Tamás Sulyok
24 March 1956 Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Zsuzsanna Sulyok |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Szeged |
| Occupation | Lawyer • Consul |
Tamás Sulyok (born 24 March 1956) is a Hungarian lawyer and the President-elect of Hungary. He was the president of the Constitutional Court from 2016 until 2024. He was the Fidesz–KDNP candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
Biography
Sulyok was appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary in 2014 and became its head in 2016. During his tenure, he oversaw several controversial rulings such as those involving the rights of teachers to go on strike.
In February 2024, he became the nominee of the Fidesz party to become President of Hungary following the resignation of Katalin Novak. His nomination was approved in a two-thirds vote (134 in favor and five against) by the National Assembly on 26 February, during which he was supported by Fidesz and its coalition partner, the Christian Democratic People's Party, after he which he took his oath of office, although he would not be formally assuming the position until 5 March. Opposition parties criticized his nomination, describing Sulyok as politically inexperienced, and held a rally in Budapest on 25 February calling for direct presidential elections.
In his inaugural address, Sulyok expressed his intent to be a follower of the letter of the law who would seek to refrain from engaging in Hungary’s political life. He also denounced the sanctions and procedures initiated by the European Union against Hungary over concerns in the rule of law and democratic governance, saying that "the correctly defined concept of the rule of law is being lost, transformed from an ideal into an idol in today’s Europe as part of a purely utilitarian political approach,” and emphasizing that EU member states should retain their legal national sovereignty.
