Constitutional lawyer, sociologist, political scientist, and university professor. In 1982, he founded the Social Sciences College, now known as the István Bibó College, which he directed until 1988. In 1991, he established the Századvég School of Politics and led it for nearly two decades (1991–1998, 2002–2010). Since 1987, he has served as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Political Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. As a university professor, he currently teaches at the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science at the Deák Ferenc Faculty of Law and Political Science, Széchenyi István University, and at the Doctoral School of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Eötvös Loránd University. He also contributes as an emeritus research professor to the work of the John Lukacs Institute at the National University of Public Service. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Deputy Prime Minister, heading the Prime Minister's Office. In 2010, he was appointed as a constitutional judge by the National Assembly, with his mandate lasting until 2019. Between 2021 and 2022, he served as the government commissioner responsible for coordinating the model change of universities. Currently, he is a member of the Prime Minister’s Strategic Advisory Council. He is the author and editor of numerous studies and independent volumes on topics such as political socialization, political parties, electoral systems, constitutional frameworks, governance policies, separation of powers, rule of law, and constitutional identity. Among his many honors, he is a recipient of the Hungarian Order of Merit with the Cross and Star, the Deák Ferenc Prize, as well as several international awards and distinctions.
Dr. István Stumpf