CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. ISTVÁN LAJTÁR
Deputy Prosecutor General for Non-Criminal Cases
Name | Dr. István Lajtár |
Place and date of birth | Budapest, 1961 |
Education:
1987 | law degree, Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest |
2008 | Ph.D. degree, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church |
Language Skills, other Studies
2004 | European Computer Driving License (ECDL) Start Certificate |
2007 | Language exam in German, B2 level, comprehensive (type C) |
Career Experience
1987-1991 | trainee judge and judge handling criminal cases at the Pest Central District Court |
1991-1992 | judge seconded to the Department for Criminal Law of the Ministry of Justice |
1992-2001 | prosecutor working for the Division for the Supervision of the Enforcement of Punishments operating at the Department for Criminal Court Cases in the Office of the Prosecutor General |
2001-2002 | Deputy Head of Division, Division for the Supervision of the Legality of the Enforcement of Punishments and Protection of Human Rights |
2002-2011 | Head of Division, Division for the Protection of Children and Juveniles in the Office of the Prosecutor General |
2011-2013 | Head of Department, Department for Human Resources, Continuous Training and Administration |
from 2013 | Deputy Prosecutor General for Non-Criminal Cases |
University Professor Career
1997-1999 | University of Pécs |
from 1999 | Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church |
2009-2013 | associate professor and Head of Department, Department for Substantive and Procedural Criminal Law and the Enforcement of Punishments, Faculty of Law of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church |
2009-2012 | member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Law of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church |
from 2015 | honorary university professor |
Member of the Criminal Law Final Exam Board of the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University, the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church and the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.
Other Activities and Mandates of Professional Career
from 1993 | member of the Hungarian National Association of Prosecutors (HNAP) |
1993-2001 | a board member of the Office of the Prosecutor General Section of HNAP |
from 1995 | member of the Hungarian Prison Association |
from 1997 | member of the Bar Exam Committee |
2002-2011 | member of the Drug Coordination Committee |
from 2006 | individual member of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities |
from 2006 | lecturer of the Hungarian Centre for the Training of Prosecutors |
2009-2013 | member of the Editorial Board of the Prosecutors’ Journal |
from 2010 | member of the Hungarian Lawyers’ Society |
from 2010 | one of the vice-presidents of the Hungarian Lawyers’ Society |
2011-2013 | chief-editor of the Official Gazette of the Prosecution Service |
from 2016 | member of Editorial Committee of the Prosecutors’ Review |
Awards
In acknowledgement of his hard work and high-quality, professional work:
1998 | Certificate of Merit granted by the Prosecutor General |
2007 | receiving the Kozma Sándor Award |
2012 | receiving the “Counsellor of the Office of the Office of the Prosecutor General” title |
2018 | receiving the Szalay László Award |
In acknowledgement of his university professor career:
2010 | Certificate of Merit granted by the Rector of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church |
2015 | receiving the honorary university professor title |