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.
Katalin Novák attended the Chivalric Tournament of Sinj at the invitation of the Croatia’s Head of State
President of Hungary Katalin Novák met with President of Croatia Zoran Milanović in Sinj, where the Hungarian President attended a Chivalric Tournament going back more than three centuries at the Croation President’s invitation.
At what is generally known as the „Sinj Alka”, participants commemorated the victory in 1715, when the town’s heroic defenders halted in Dalmatia the Ottoman army trying to advance towards Europe.
We are strengthening our cooperation in education and business with Tanzania
We are strengthening our cooperation in education and business with Tanzania – Katalin Novák emphasized on Tuesday at her press conference held with President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam, where the two countries’ representatives signed the Stipendium Hungaricum Programme for the 2024-2026 period.
Women need real freedom of choice, so that they can choose both career and family at the same time
Women need real freedom of choice, so that they can choose both career and family at the same time. Women are needed in the Labour Market and in the family as well, and this is what Hungary is striving to achieve – said President of Hungary Katalin Novák in the opening panel discussion of Women Deliver 2023 in the Rwandan capital on Monday, a conference dedicated to the improvement of the status of women around the world.
The Hungarian Head of State attended the international conference as the closing event of her state visit to Rwanda..
Rwanda will open a diplomatic mission in Hungary
Hungary is a gateway to the European Union, and Rwanda is a gateway to the Continent of Africa – said President Katalin Novák on Sunday, following her meeting with President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame.
Katalin Novák at the hospital of the city of Rwamagana in Rwanda
The Hungarian Head of State also visited the hospital of Rwamagana, a city next to the capital, Kigali, where - in cooperation with Hungarian Interchurch Aid - she handed over two incubators to the Neonatal Unit.
The doctors thanked Katalin Novák and the Hungarian delegation for the two incubators, and the little patients were pleased with the gifted toys.
For a long time already, Hungary has been providing Rwanda with substantial assistance in developing its schools and hospitals.
Katalin Novák on official visit to Rwanda
In the course of her official visit to Rwanda, the President of Hungary visited Nyanza elementary and secondary school (Nyanza École Secondaire), where she attended a lesson on European history, followed by a visit to the handwashing facility built in the context of the Hungary Helps project. The facility is needed to ensure that the 1000 or so students who come here can learn in hygienic conditions.
The presidential gift cherished most by the locals were the two cows, which provide the schoolchildren with healthy milk.
Katalin Novák at Erzsébet Camp in Zánka
On the shore of Lake Balaton, Katalin Novák joined a Christian programme on experiential education facilitating cooperation and community building, tested the smoke-tent of the firefighters simulating house fire smoke as part of the Heroes’ Day programmes, and sliced watermelons which she then distributed to the campers.
Several children asked the President of Hungary to sign their T-shirt or baseball cap, and lots of them had a joint photo taken with the Head of State.
Appointments and assignments as ambassador at Sándor Palace
President of Hungary Katalin Novák handed over appointments and assignments as ambassador at Sándor Palace today.
Dr. Ferenc Dancs, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, has been appointed Head of the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna and Head of the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in Vienna.
Dr. Károly Benes has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and has been mandated to lead Hungary’s embassy in Abu-Dhabi.
Direct the spotlight where there is less light! – Interview with Katalin Novák in the newspaper Nógrád Megyei Hírlap
After three days, twenty one programmes, several hundred handshakes, thousands of photos with local residents and countless informal discussions, you spoke about Nógrád with the same enthusiasm as on the day when you arrived. With President of Hungary Katalin Novák we discussed the experiences of her visit and current issues of our region at one of the last stops of her visit, Rimóc.
Ferenc Mádl – the scholar and the statesman —Sándor Palace Talks
Ferenc Mádl was the first conservative President of Hungary following the regime change who showed that it is possible to represent the values he held dear without compromising his independence and sovereignty.
The late Head of State was remembered at the launch of an 800-page monograph on his work at the SP Talks event at Sándor Palace.
At the launch of the monograph by Endre Domaniczky titled Ferenc Mádl – the scholar and the statesman, Katalin Novák said: „Ferenc Mádl opened up many doors, even he was a door-opening President of Hungary during his time in office ".