Tamás Sulyok

The native form of this personal name is Sulyok Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tamás Sulyok
Sulyok in 2019
President of Hungary
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 March 2024
Prime Minister	Viktor Orbán
Preceded by	László Kövér (acting)
President of the Constitutional Court
In office 22 November 2016 – 4 March 2024
Appointed by	National Assembly
Preceded by	Barnabás Lenkovics
Succeeded by	László Salamon (acting)
Member of the Constitutional Court
In office 27 September 2014 – 5 March 2024
Appointed by	National Assembly
Hungarian Honorary Consul to Austria
In office 2000–2014
Personal details
Born	Tamás Sulyok (1956-03-24) 24 March 1956 Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Zsuzsanna Nagy
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Szeged
Occupation	Lawyer consul

Tamás Sulyok (born 24 March 1956) is a Hungarian lawyer who is serving as President of Hungary since 2024. He was the president of the Constitutional Court from 2016 until 2024. He was the Fidesz–KDNP candidate for the 2024 presidential election.

Biography

Sulyok was appointed as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary in 2014 and became its head in 2016. During his tenure, he oversaw several controversial rulings such as those involving the rights of teachers to go on strike.

In February 2024, he became the nominee of the Fidesz party to become President of Hungary following the resignation of Katalin Novak due to uproar over her pardoning of an associate in a sexual abuse case. His nomination was approved in a two-thirds vote (134 in favor, 5 against and 60 leaving the chamber in protest) by the National Assembly on 26 February, during which he was supported by Fidesz and its coalition partner, the Christian Democratic People's Party, after which he took his oath of office, although he would not be formally assuming the position until 5 March. Opposition parties criticized his nomination, describing Sulyok as politically inexperienced, and held a rally in Budapest on 25 February calling for direct presidential elections.

In his inaugural address, Sulyok expressed his intent to be a follower of the letter of the law who would seek to refrain from engaging in Hungary’s political life. He also denounced the sanctions and procedures initiated by the European Union against Hungary over concerns in the rule of law and democratic governance, saying that "the correctly defined concept of the rule of law is being lost, transformed from an ideal into an idol in today's Europe as part of a purely utilitarian political approach", and emphasizing that EU member states should retain their legal national sovereignty.

Upon assuming office, his first act as president was to sign a bill approving the accession of Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 5 March.