# Hankó leaves Semmelweis for higher-education post

Date: 2020

On 1 August 2020 [Balázs Hankó](/people/balazs-hanko), Semmelweis University's strategic vice-rector since 2018, became deputy state secretary for higher education at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology. Leaving the vice-rector post after two years, he highlighted the university's Semmelweis 250 anniversary programme as a key project of his term and stayed on as a lecturer.

## People

- Balázs Hankó: https://factrail.ai/people/balazs-hanko

## Sources

- https://semmelweis.hu/hirek/2020/08/25/dr-hanko-balazs-akkor-tudunk-elore-haladni-ha-kozossegben-dolgozunk/
- https://medicalonline.hu/eu_gazdasag/cikk/hanko_balazs_helyettes_allamtitkarkent_folytatja
- https://telex.hu/belfold/2026/07/23/nka-letartoztatas-hanko-kabinetfonok

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hanko-deputy-state-secretary-higher-education-2020-08