Professor of Law, Rector, former member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, Hungarian Ambassador to Belgium and France, Minister of Justice, Member of the European Parliament
QUALIFICATION
1980 - Doctor of Law and Political Sciences, Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
1985 - Bar examination
ACADEMIC DEGREE
1991 - Candidate of sciences
2000 - Habilitation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 1980-1981 Legal librarian, Hungarian Parliamentary Library
- 1981-1988 Research assistant then research associate, Institute for Legal Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Various academic positions in the management of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Szeged
- 2000 Professor, University of Szeged
- 2004 Director of the International and Regional Studies Institute, IEP-Lille partnership, Senghor University partnership International Relations BA and MA studies (in Hungarian), University of Szeged
- 2007-2009 Guest professor, Faculty of Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, and Guest lecturer, Catholic University of Louvain
- 2014-2018 Research Professor, National University of Public Service
- 2018 Research Professor, Faculty of Law, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
- 1985 Member, Budapest Bar Association
- 2000-2004 Ambassador (Belgium, and Luxembourg until 2003)
- 2000-2004 voluntarily suspending his practice temporarily as an advocate
- 2004-2007 President, International Relations Committee, Budapest Bar Association
- 2007-2010 Judge of the Constitutional Court
- 2010-2014 Ambassador (France)
- 2014-2019 Minister of Justice
- 2019-2024 MEP of the European Parliament
- 2020 Honorary President of the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law
- 2020 President of the Hungarian Lawyers Association
- 2021 Member of the Board of Trustees, University of Szeged
- 2022 Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Rector, Professor
MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS
- 2005-2013 Substitute member, Venice Commission, Council of Europe
- 2014 Chairperson National Anti-Counterfeiting Body
- 2015 Member of the Board, European Public Law Organization
- 2018 Chairperson of Acta Humana Editorial Committee
- 2025 Member of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 1996 Palmes Académiques (French Government)
- 2002 Grand Officer Class of the Order of Leopold II (Belgium)
- 2005 Pro Universitate Award (University of Szeged)
- 2005 Eötvös Károly Award (Budapest Bar Association)
- 2016 Doctor Honoris Causa- (UNE - Uzhhorod)
- 2018 Doctor Honoris Causa – (University of Miskolc)
- 2018 Honorary Citizen of Csongrád County
- 2018 Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic
- 2019 Commander of The National Order of the Cedar of the Republic of Lebanon
- 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Bar Association
Languages
- French, English
László Trócsányi was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1956. In 1980, he became a Doctor of Law and political sciences after successfully graduating at the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. In 1985 he passed the bar exam and became a member of the Budapest Bar Association. After his first job as legal librarian at the Hungarian Parliamentary Library, from 1981 until 1988, Mr. Trócsányi started working as a research assistant then research associate at the Institute for Legal Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. In 2000, he became professor at the University of Szeged, then in 2004, Director of the International and Regional Studies Institute, IEP-Lille partnership, Senghor University partnership International Relations BA and MA studies.
