The President of the Curia of Hungary
Studies
— 1990-1995, law, Eötvös Loránd University of Science (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary (graduated in February, 1995)
— 1991-1993, political sciences, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
— 1995-1998, postgraduate studies (law), ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
— October 2003, PhD, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary
Fields of interest
— constitutionalism and human rights
— administrative law, its forms of control
University experience
— 1999-2003 assistant, ELTE University, Department of Criminal Law
— 2004-2006 lecturer, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Department of Constitutional Law, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Department of Public Law
— 2006-2009 associate professor, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Department of Public Law
— 2006- Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Department of Administrative Law (2006-2012 associate professor, 2008- head of department, 2012- professor)
— 2013 – 2016 Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University
— 2016- prodean at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Professional experience
— 1995 Assistant, Public Prosecutor's Office, Budapest
— 1996 Rapporteur, Ombudsman's Office, Budapest
— 1997 – 1998 Deputy Head of Department, Ombudsman's Office, Budapest
— 1999 Director of the Ombudsman's Office, Budapest
— 2000 – 2006 Deputy Prosecutor General, General Prosecutor's Office, Budapest
— 2006 – 2010 Chief Counsellor tit. prosecutor, General Prosecutor's Office, Budapest
— 2010 – 2013 Deputy Prosecutor General, General Prosecutor's Office, Budapest
— 2013- Member of the Venice Commission
— 2014 – 2020 Justice of the Constitutional Court of Hungary
— 2020- Judge, Head of Panel at the Curia of Hungary
— 2021- President of the Curia of Hungary
Most important foreign language publications
— András Osztovits – András Zs. Varga: National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law, in: Marcel, Szabó; Laura, Gyeney; Petra Lea, Láncos (editors), Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law (2019), pages 334-348, Eleven International Publishing, 2020, The Hauge, The Netherlands
— András Osztovits – András Zs. Varga: Hungary, in: Michael, Dougan; Michał, Bobek et al. - Marleen, R. Botman; Jurian, Langer (editors), National Courts and the Enforcement of EU Law. The Pivotal Role of National Courts in the EU Legal Order: The XXIX Congress in The Hague, 2020, Congress Publications Vol. 1, pages 251-264, Eleven International Publishing, 2020, The Hague, The Netherlands
— Respect of national identities as European value - European aspects of constitutional identity of Hungary, in: Alkotmánybírósági Szemle, pages 46-47, 2020, Budapest, Hungary
— Rule of Law and Constitutional Identities: Concurring or Complementary European Values?, in: Gianni, Buquicchio et al. - Simona, Granathy-Menghini; Ziya, Caga Tanyar (editors), Venice Commission, Thirty‐year Quest for Democracy through Law 1990 – 2020, pages 703-716, Juristförlaget i Lund, 2020, Lund, Sweden
— András Zs. Varga: From Ideal to Idol?: The Concept of the Rule of Law, Dialóg Campus Kiadó, 2019, Budapest, Hungary
— Totalitarian Aspects of the Actual Concept and Practice of the Rule of Law, in: Béla, Pokol; András, Téglási (editors), Die stufenweise Entstehung des juristokratischen Staates = The Gradual Emergence of the Juristocratic State, pages 71-80, Dialóg Campus Kiadó-Nordex Kft., 2019, Budapest, Hungary
— Role of Constitutional Courts in the Protection of National/Constitutional Identity, in: Marcel, Szabó; Petra Lea, Láncos; Réka, Varga (editors), Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law (2018), pages 333-340, Eleven International Publishing, 2019, The Hague, The Netherlands
— Rule of Law in the 21th Century, in: Bratislava Law Review, pages 163-169, 2019, Bratislava, Slovakia
— Judicial reform – why and how?, in: Pázmány Law Working Papers 2018, pages 1-6, 2018, Budapest, Hungary
— The role of Prosecution Service in Hungary from the end of the 19th Century, in: Gerald, Kohl; Ilse, Reiter-Zatloukal (editors), “...das Interesse des Staates zu wahren": Staatsanwaltschaften und andere Einrichtungen zur Vertretung öffentlicher Interessen, pages 193-208, Verlag Österreich, Vienna, Austria
— Constitutional Identity as Interpreted by the Council of Europe and the European Union: Conflict of Laws – Conflict of Courts?, in: Marcel, Szabó; Petra Lea, Láncos; Réka, Varga (editors), Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law (2016), pages 385-405, Eleven International Publishing, 2017, The Hague, The Netherlands
— The Basic Law of Hungary and the Rule of Law – Cooperation between Hungary and the Venice Commission, pages 383-400, Osteuropa-Recht, 2017, Cologne, Germany
— Die Entwicklung des Rechts der öffentlichen Verwaltung, in: Gábor, Máthé (editor), Die Entwicklung der Verfassung und des Rechts in Ungarn, pages 817-864, Dialóg Campus Kiadó, 2017, Budapest, Hungary
— Role of constitutional courts in protection of national/constitutional identity, Pázmány Law Working Papers 2017, pages 1-6, 2017, Budapest, Hungary
— The Rule of Law: From Doctrine to Compulsory Regulation, in: Emilio, Castorina; Ioan, Ganfalean; Piotr, Kapusta; Justyna, Michalska (editors), Current Constitutional Issues : A Jubilee Book on the 40th Anniversary of Scientific Work of Prof. Boguslaw Banaszak, pages 219-235, Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck, 2017, Warsaw, Poland
— Jenő Czuczai – Péter Darák – Petra Lea Láncos – Marcel Szabó – András Zs. Varga (editors): Division of Competences and Regulatory Powers between the EU and the Member States: Congress Proceedings Vol 3., Wolters Kluwer, 2016, Budapest, Hungary
— Constitutional identity and judgements of the ECtHR, Pázmány Law Working Papers 2016, pages 1-5, 2016, Budapest, Hungary
— András Zs. Varga – András Patyi – Balázs Schanda (editors): The Basic (Fundamental) Law of Hungary: A Commentary of the New Hungarian Constitution, Clarus Press, 2015, Dublin, Ireland
— The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, in: András Zs., Varga; András, Patyi; Balázs, Schanda (editors), The Basic (Fundamental) Law of Hungary: A Commentary of the New Hungarian Constitution, pages 245-258, Clarus Press, 2015, Dublin, Ireland
— Prosecution Service, in: András Zs., Varga; András, Patyi; Balázs, Schanda (editors), The Basic (Fundamental) Law of Hungary: A Commentary of the New Hungarian Constitution, pages 225-243, Clarus Press, 2015, Dublin, Ireland
— Public Administration and the Prosecution Service, in: András, Patyi; Ádám, Rixer; Gyula, Koi (editors), Hungarian Public Administration and Administrative Law, pages 229-241, Schenk Verlag, 2014, Passau, Germany
— Lóránt Csink – Balázs Schanda – András Zs. Varga: The Basic Law of Hungary. A First Commentary, Clarus Press, 2012, Dublin, Ireland
— András Zs. Varga: Alternative Control Instruments over Administrative Procedures: Ombudsmen, prosecutors, Civil Liability, Schenk Verlag, 2011, Passau, Germany
— The Efficiency of the Ombudspersons' Actions in Hungary, in: Jahrbuch für Ostrecht, 1/2009, pages 119-126, 2009, Regensburg, Germany
— Report on the role of the public prosecution service outside the field of criminal justice (http://www.coe.int/t/dg1/legalcooperation/ccpe/conferences/2008/4rev_20…, 14 July 2008)
— Prosecutors' Competencies Outside the Criminal Field in the Member States of the Council of Europe, in Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe, 6th Session, Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Hungary, 2006, Budapest, Hungary
— Analógie a rozdiely v konani ombudsmana a prokuratúry, in: Prokurátor a ombudsman,Vydalo Slovenské národné stredisko pre l'udské práva, 2001, Bratislava, Slovakia
— Integration Criteris of Public Prosecution in the Context of Accession of Hungary to the European Union, European Law, Budapest, Hungary
— Protection of Human Rights in the Draft of the New Civil Code, Ügyészek Lapja, 2000, no. 5, Budapest, Hungary
— The Role of the Ombudsman in the Civil Control over the Armed Forces, in: Conference on the Civil-Military Relations in the Context of an Evolving NATO, Ministry of Defence – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1997, Budapest, Hungary
— Victims, constitutional rights, abuses, Acta Humana no. 26., 1997, Budapest, Hungary
— Ombudsman - Conditions of its Procedure, in: Jogtudományi Közlöny no. 6., 1997, Budapest, Hungary
— Ombudsman and Prosecution II, in: Magyar Jog no. 3, 1997, Budapest, Hungary
— Ombudsman and Prosecution I, in: Magyar Jog no. 7, 1996, Budapest, Hungary