Hungarian PM introduces new chief of staff with international experience

Hungarian Tisza Party leader and Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced the appointment of Claudia Sümeghy as chief of his newly established office.

Magyar revealed the appointment in a post published on the social media platform X, Caliber.Az reports.

Commenting on the decision, the Hungarian prime minister said Sümeghy would assume “one of the most complex and demanding responsibilities of the next four years,” highlighting the significance of the role within his administration.

I would like to introduce my Chief of Staff, who will take on one of the most complex and demanding responsibilities of the next four years.

Claudia Sümeghy is an economist specialising in international relations, a film producer, and the mother of a daughter. She speaks English… pic.twitter.com/zD50shlrVm

— Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) (@magyarpeterMP) May 26, 2026

“I would like to introduce my Chief of Staff, who will take on one of the most complex and demanding responsibilities of the next four years.

Claudia Sümeghy is an economist specialising in international relations, a film producer, and the mother of a daughter. She speaks English and Italian fluently and is currently participating in the University of Oxford’s executive leadership programme.

She worked in the financial sector for nearly a decade, where she became one of Europe’s leading regional managers together with her 200-member sales team. She has been an entrepreneur and executive since her university years.

Since 2016, she has served as producer and communications director of the film production and distribution company she runs together with her husband, film director Tamás Yvan Topolánszky.

As one of the creators of the documentary film “Tavaszi szél – az ébredés”, she has followed my work and the TISZA community over the past year and a half. She is therefore familiar with our work, decision-making processes, and values.

As Chief of Staff, she will help create a leadership environment guided by clear intentions, strategic direction, and a people-centred approach, one in which decisions contribute to building a functioning, forward-looking, and humane Hungary,” the post by the Hungarian head of government reads.

By Vafa Guliyeva