Tamás Vargha

Tamás Vargha
Secretary of State for Defence
In office 16 October 2012 – 17 May 2018
Minister	Csaba Hende István Simicskó
Preceded by	István Simicskó
Succeeded by	Szilárd Németh
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2010
Personal details
Born	(1959-02-02) 2 February 1959 (age 65) Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Political party	Fidesz
Children	4
Profession	teacher, politician

The native form of this personal name is Vargha Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tamás Vargha (born 2 February 1959)^[1] is a Hungarian teacher and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Székesfehérvár (Fejér County Constituency II then I) since 2010.^[2] He served as Secretary of State for Defence from 16 October 2012 to 17 May 2018.^[3] Currently, he is the Secretary of State for Civil Intelligence within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since 23 June 2018.^[2]

Vargha served as President of the General Assembly of Fejér County between 8 October 2010 and 16 October 2012, when he was appointed state secretary.^[1] He was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 14 May 2010 and Defence and Internal Security Committee from 10 October 2011 until 12 November 2012.^[2] He also functioned as a vice-chairman of the National Security Committee for a short time between 4 June and 2 July 2018, until his appointment as state secretary in the Fourth Orbán Government.^[2]

References

1. "Biography" (PDF). Országgyűlés.
2. "Register". Országgyűlés.
3. "Vargha Tamás a HM parlamenti államtitkára". Politics.hu. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2013.