# Bence Tuzson named Hungary's justice minister

Date: 2023

On 28 June 2023 [Viktor Orbán](/people/mig-actor-viktor-orban) nominated [Bence Tuzson](/people/bence-tuzson), then a state secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, to succeed [Judit Varga](/people/judit-varga) as Hungary's justice minister. Tuzson, then working as a state secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, was sworn in as justice minister the following month, in July 2023, replacing Varga.

## People

- Bence Tuzson: https://factrail.ai/people/bence-tuzson

## Sources

- https://telex.hu/english/2023/06/28/bence-tuzson-to-be-hungarys-new-minister-of-justice
- https://www.budapesttimes.hu/hungary/tuzson-to-replace-varga-as-justice-minister-says-orbans-press-chief/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/tuzson-justice-minister-2023