The recipients of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary have once again made the Hungarian name beautiful
Honourable Recipients!
Ladies and gentlemen!
I warmly and respectfully welcome you all to the celebration of the founding of the Hungarian state, the presentation of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary at Sándor Palace.
Speech by Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary, at the commissioning ceremony on 20 August
My fellow countrymen!
Celebrating Hungarians from the Carpathian Basin and around the world!
It is with joy and respect that I welcome the service members who have just taken their oath, as well as their families. With joy, because young people ready and well-prepared to serve and defend their homeland once again fill the nation’s main square. With respect, because the oath they have taken—and which I hope they will keep throughout their lives—demands of them the noblest service and sacrifice.
Everyday perseverance today finds its fulfilment in the joy experienced within the community - Speech by President Dr. Tamás Sulyok at the opening ceremony of the Hungarian Cultural Days of Kolozsvár
With great respect and affection, I welcome the community gathered for the festive opening of the Hungarian Cultural Days of Kolozsvár! I would love to greet each person individually who participates in any of the events of this wonderful week-long programme, but unfortunately, this is not possible. Even this impressive venue is much, much too small to accommodate the thousands who will be seeking intellectual and cultural nourishment or refreshing experiences here.
Head of State nominates new ombudsman
Due to the election of Dr. Ákos Kozma as a constitutional judge, the position of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights became vacant. In accordance with his powers under the Fundamental Law, President Tamás Sulyok, after consulting with representatives of the legal profession, nominated Dr. Imre Juhász, former constitutional judge, retired president of the Constitutional Court, and lecturer at the Department of Civil Procedure Law at ELTE University, as the candidate for the position of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
President Tamás Sulyok travels to Slovakia on an official visit
On Thursday, 3 July 2025, President Tamás Sulyok will travel to Slovakia on an official visit.
The Hungarian head of state will be received in Pozsony by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini. Following a private meeting between the two heads of state and talks between the delegations, the two presidents will make a press statement.
The Hungarian President will meet with Richard Raši, Speaker of the Slovak National Council, and then hold talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Press release from Sándor Palace
President Tamás Sulyok pays a working visit to Japan, followed by an official visit to Vietnam.
On 19 May 2025, Head of State Tamás Sulyok will pay a working visit to Japan. The Hungarian Head of State will be received in audience by His Majesty Emperor Naruhito, 126th Emperor of Japan. The President will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and hold talks with the heads of Japanese companies and investor groups present in Hungary.
The votes express the democratic will of the electorate
On 9 June 2024, on the day of the elections to the European Parliament, local governments and of national minority advocates, Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary and his wife cast their votes in Szeged. After the vote, the President said that since there have been free elections in Hungary, his wife Zsuzsa and he have always exercised their right to vote, and again urged his fellow citizens to vote as well.
The President of Hungary on the anniversary of Hungary’s EU accession: Hungary does not give up its sovereignty
Hungary does not give up its sovereignty, and believes in the alliance of independent nation states in Europe, which the founding treaties currently guarantee – the President of Hungary said in Brdo pri Kranj in Slovenia on Monday.
We can become the renovated church of Europe, said President Sulyok at the reconsecration of the renovated church in Ják
We can become the renovated church of Europe, where people come to draw strength, said Tamás Sulyok, the President of Hungary, at the reconsecration ceremony of Ják’s St. George Church (Vas County, Hungary) on Sunday.
Tamás Sulyok emphasized the need for revitalizing our communities.
We need to rebuild ourselves to each other, setting aside all obstacles, fears, uncertainties, and distrust, although this is not easy in the era of infidelity, where we lose the grace of connection, stated the President.
Exclusive interview with Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary, for Tények
- Mr. President, thank you for receiving us. On behalf of TV2, we consider it a great honour that you are giving your first major television interview to us.
Thank you for having me on your show, and a warm welcome to our viewers.
My meetings in Békés were highly rewarding - Interview with Katalin Novák
I found my meetings in Békés very rewarding, and I trust that I was not the only one who felt this way - said Katalin Novák, President of Hungary, in an interview with our newspaper - the Békés Megyei Hírlap - about the three days she spent in our county at the end of January. During our conversation, we discussed how to motivate young people to settle in the region, spoke about the war in Ukraine and this year's elections, and why she declared 2024 the Year of Getting Active.
CNBC interview with Katalin Novák
That I'm here for the first time, I experienced that it is, let's say, a constructive chaos, what we experience here, and also what the traffic is concerned, it's very difficult to get from one place to the other, but I have to assure you that the Swiss trains are on time. I took the train and it worked perfectly.
I came, I got the train as well.
Commemoration of the martyrs of the Hungarian War of Independence
Since 2001, we have been commemorating October 6th as a National Day of Mourning, remembering the events of 1849 when, as a reprisal following the suppression of the 1848–49 War of Independence, Count Lajos Batthyány, the Prime Minister, was executed in Pest, and thirteen high-ranking officers of the Hungarian War of Independence were executed in Arad.
"Because one can live in darkness, but creation requires light" – Speech by Katalin Novák at the opening of Judit Reigl's exhibition
I would like to recall a personal meeting from ten years ago. We visited Judit Reigl at her home in Marcoussis near Paris, with then-Minister Zoltán Balog. I was prepared to meet a celebrated artist who undoubtedly lived and created in an aristocratic environment, in luxurious circumstances, and who might condescendingly share something about her art with us. I couldn't have been more wrong. The home, which also served as Judit Reigl's studio, was converted from a tractor shed. She lived on the comfortably messy forty-square-meter’s lower level, creating on the attic.
Appointments as Permanent and State Secretaries
On a proposal by the Prime Minister, President Katalin Novák appointed dr. Krisztina Rédey as Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Office and dr. Zoltán Tóth as State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice.
The appointments are effective from October 1, 2023.
Rectors receiving their appointments at Sándor Palace
On a proposal by the Minister for Culture and Innovation and with the agreement with the maintaining institution, President Katalin Novák entrusted
• University Professor Dr. Géza György Kunimetz with ongoing responsibilities as the Rector of Pázmány Péter Catholic University, for a period of 4 years, starting from September 1, 2023.
• University professor Dr. Enikő Sepsi with the responsibilities of the Rector of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, for a period of 5 years, starting from September 6, 2023.
Presentation of Ambassadorial Credentials
President of Hungary Katalin Novák today received the credentials of three ambassadors accredited to Hungary.
This is a mandatory act in diplomacy, necessary for foreign ambassadors to officially start their work in our country.
With Elon Musk, we have a new ally in the freedom fight of families and the peace mission
Among other topics, Katalin Novák discussed ways to solve the world's demographic crisis with Elon Musk, founder and CEO of the automotive company Tesla, at the company's recently opened headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Katalin Novák met with US politicians and public figures
During her visit to the United States, President Katalin Novák met with a number of politicians and public figures. Among them was the Governor of the second largest and second most populous US state, Texas, Greg Abbott, with whom the Hungarian Head of State held talks in Austin.
Katalin Novák's speech at the UN Security Council meeting
Mr. President,
I would like to thank You personally, Mr. Edi Rama Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania for taking the effort to initiate this open debate.
Open debates create for us, non member countries of the Security Council an opportunity to express our views on issues impacting our world.
Our position is clear: the Russian Federation has crossed the Rubicon with the invasion of an independent and sovereign state, a member of the international community, and the member of the family of the United Nations. Our goal is a lasting, just peace in Ukraine.
Katalin Novák's speech at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly
Of the people, by the people, for the people.
We all know the most famous words of the Gettysburg Address. However, fewer people know that Abraham Lincoln borrowed these words from one of the greatest Hungarians, Lajos Kossuth, the leader of our 1848 War of Independence. Who was born on this very day, 19 September.
Dear Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
"All for the people, and all by the people. Nothing about the people without the people." This is the main purpose of the sovereign Hungarian state and the guarantee of our freedom.
Katalin Novák stressed the need for peace, the cause of families and the importance of having children at the UN Summit on Sustainable Development
Without peace, much of the efforts for sustainable development may be jeopardised or remain ineffective, said President Katalin Novák on Monday in New York, as the co-chair of the High-Level Political Forum on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.