Dr. Zsolt Csák

Vice-President of the Curia of Hungary

Portrait photo of Dr. Zsolt Csák

Qualifications, academic degrees

1985 –1990: Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Budapest
1992: Bar examination
2017: University of Pécs, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, PhD degree

Professional experience

1990: Pest Central District Court, court clerk
1990: Supreme Court, court clerk
1992: Central District Court of Buda, court assistant
1992: Central District Court of Buda, judge
2000: Budapest Regional Court, judge
2004: Budapest Regional Court, president of a judicial panel
2010: Budapest Regional Court, deputy head of department
2011: Budapest Regional Court, president of a judicial panel
2012: Criminal Department of the Curia of Hungary, judge
2017: Criminal Department of the Curia of Hungary, president of a judicial panel
2021: Curia of Hungary, president of a judicial panel in charge of administrative tasks
15 November 2021: Head of the Criminal Department of the Curia of Hungary
18 June 2024: Vice-President of the Curia of Hungary

Further positions and memberships

Member of the Bar Examination Board
Member of the editorial board of the journal Kúriai Döntések (BH)
Head of Security at the Curia of Hungary (until 2021)
Integrity Officer of the Curia of Hungary
Member of the Academic Committee of the Curia of Hungary
Member of the Judicial Council of the Curia of Hungary
Member of the Uniformity Complaints Panel of the Curia of Hungary
Member of the Codification Working Group of the National Office for the Judiciary (2014-2016)

Teaching experience

1998–   : Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law and the Enforcement of Sentences, invited lecturer
2019–   : Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Deák Ferenc Institute, invited lecturer of the Preparatory Course for Bar Examination
2019–   : Judicial Services Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice, Training for Forensic Experts, invited lecturer 
2012–   : Training courses organised by the Hungarian Judicial Academy, invited lecturer

Language proficiency

English: elementary level
Russian: intermediate state language examination, type C

Author and-co-author of several books and papers and lecturer at several conferences (see the Hungarian CV on the Hungarian website)