PROF. DR. PÉTER POLT
Prosecutor General
Curriculum vitae
Name | Prof. Dr. Péter Polt |
Place and Date of birth | Budapest, 6 September 1955 |
Education
1980 | Law degree with “summa cum laude” honors, Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest |
1982 |
Bar exam (for judges, prosecutors) passed with excellent result |
1984 | Postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Comparative Law, Strasbourg |
1986 | Postgraduate studies at the Hague Academy of International Law |
1990 | Scholarship for professors received from the Human Rights Directorate, Strasbourg |
1996 | Ph.D. studies, Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest |
2011 |
PhD with “summa cum laude” honors |
English, German (language exams in 1983 and 2002) |
1980-82 | Trainee prosecutor at the Prosecution Office of the 5th District of Budapest and at the Chief Prosecution Office of the Capital, Budapest (working as a research fellow at the National Institute of Criminology and Criminalistics (OKKrI)) |
1983 | Research Fellow at the National Institute of Criminology, Budapest |
1983- | Full-time university professor (Eötvös Loránd University, Széchenyi István University, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, National University of Public Service) |
1984 |
Half year long traineeship in the Criminal Cases Chamber of the Supreme Court |
1986-95 | Part-time attorney at law working for the Békés-Németh-Vékás & Partners Law Firm |
1990-91 | Permanent Legal Adviser (part time), Ministry of Justice |
1991-95 | Ad hoc Legal Adviser on UN and Council of Europe matters, Ministry of Justice |
1993-95 | Special Expert on “The Hungarian policy concerning the establishment of the (permanent and ad hoc) ICC”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1995-2000 | Deputy Parliamentary Commissioner for Civil Rights (Deputy Ombudsman for Civil Rights) |
2000-2006 | Prosecutor General of Hungary |
2006-2010 | Head of Department, Honorary Chief Counsellor of the Office of the Prosecutor General, Head of Department of Criminal Court Cases at the Office of the Prosecutor General |
2010-2019 | Prosecutor General of Hungary |
2019- | Prosecutor General of Hungary |
University professor career and research activity in Hungary
1983 |
Research fellow for the National Institute of Criminology and Criminalistics (OKKrI), supervised by the Office of the Prosecutor General |
1983-1985 |
Assistant Lecturer, Penal Law Department, Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest |
1985-2017 |
Assistant Professor, Penal Law Department, Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest |
1999-2007 |
Teaching and lecturing at the Faculty of Law of the University in Győr (from 2002 named as the Faculty of Law of the Széchenyi István University) |
2003- |
Member of the Board of Bar Examiners |
2006- |
Honorary Professor, Penal Law Department, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest |
2012- |
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Law, Institute of Criminal Sciences, Faculty of Law Enforcement, National University of Public Service, Budapest |
2015- |
Head of Department, Department of Criminal Law, Institute of Criminal Sciences, Faculty of Law Enforcement, National University of Public Service, Budapest |
2016 |
Habilitation in Law (Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest) |
2017 |
University professor, Department of Criminal Law, Institute of Criminal Sciences, Faculty of Law Enforcement, National University of Public Service, Budapest |
Membership in scientific panels and associations: Scientific Board of the National Institute of Criminology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Committee of Law and Political Sciences Subcommittee of Penal Enforcement, National University of Public Service (NKE Ludovica /Ludovica UPS) Doctoral School of Law Enforcement Doctoral Committee.
Membership in editorial boards of scientific periodicals: Acta Humana, Belügyi Szemle, Európai Jog, Ügyészségi Szemle/Acta Humana, Home Affairs Review, European Law, Prosecution Service Review
Number of scientific publications as authors according to the Hungarian Scientific Bibliography Database (mtmt.hu): 35 books, 90 scientific periodical articles, 89 book excerpts, in total 253 scientific and educational publications in Hungarian and foreign languages.
International scientific and professional career
1988- |
Member of the International Association of Penal Law |
1990 |
Leading National Rapporteur for Hungary in the field of crime prevention and treatment of offenders, United Nations |
1991 |
Member of the Expert Working Group and of the Committee on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law in the Council of Europe (CPEC, Council of Europe) |
1992 |
Elected Member of the Committee for Individual Criminological Research Fellowships (ICRF) of the Council of Europe |
1995 |
Member of the Council of Europe Committee dealing with corruption (MGCP, Council of Europe) |
1997 |
Founding Member of the European Network of Ombudsmen for Children |
2004-2006 |
Member of Directorate of the Conference of Prosecutors General (CPGE), Council of Europe |
2006-2008 |
Vice Chair of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), Council of Europe |
2008-2013 |
Working Group Member of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), Council of Europe |
2011-2012 |
President of the Network of Public Prosecutors or equivalent institutions at the Supreme Judicial Courts of the Member States of the European Union |
2014- |
Honorary President of the Criminal Law Research Center (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai) |
2016- |
Guest professor at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law (SASS) |
2022- |
Working Group Member of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) |
Career Awards
1981 |
Higher Education Students’ Award |
1989 |
Commendation for Efficient Work, granted by the Minister of Culture |
2010 |
Kozma Sándor Award, granted by the Prosecutor General |