Dr. István Lajtár
Counsellor at the Office of the Prosecutor General
Prosecutor General for Non-Criminal Cases
Curriculum vitae
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. degree, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church |
Professional career
1987-91 | trainee judge and judge dealing with criminal cases at the Pest |
1991-92 |
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 Execution of Punishments working under the Department for Criminal Court Cases in the Office of the Prosecutor General; |
2001-02 | Deputy Head of Department, Department for Supervision of Legality of the Execution of Punishments and Protection of Human Rights; |
2002-11 | Head of Department, Department for the Protection of Children and Juveniles in the Office of the Prosecutor General |
2011-13 | Head of Department, Department for Human Resources, Continuous Training and Administration; |
from 2013 | Deputy Prosecutor General for Non-Criminal Cases |
University Professor Career
1997-99 | University of Pécs; |
1999- | Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church; |
2009-13 | associate professor, Department for Substantive and Procedural Criminal Law and the Execution of Punishments, Faculty of Law of Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church; |
2009-12 | member of the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Law of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church; |
2015- | honorary university professor |
Member of the Criminal Law Final Exam Board of the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University, Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church and Pázmány Péter Catholic University.
Other Activities and Mandates of Professional Career
1993- | Member of the National Association of Prosecutors (HNAP); |
1993-2001 | Member of the Office of the Prosecutor General Section of HNAP; |
1995- | Member of the Hungarian Prison Society; |
1997- | Member of the Bar Exam Committee; |
2002-11 | Member of the Drug Coordinating Committee; |
2006- | Individual member of the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities; |
2006- | Lecturer of the Hungarian Centre for Training of Prosecutors; |
2009-13 | Member of the Editorial Board of Ügyészek Lapja (Prosecutor’s Journal); |
2010- | Member of the Hungarian Lawyers' Society, |
2010- | a vice-president of the Hungarian Lawyers’ Society; |
2011-13 | chief-editor of the Official Gazette of the Prosecution Service; |
2016- |
member of Editorial Committee of Ügyészségi Szemle (Prosecutors’ Review; ) |
Language skills, other studies
2004 | European Computer Driving License (ECDL Start); |
2007 | Language exam in German, Intermediate, Level „C” |
Awards
In acknowledgement of his professional work:
1998 | Certificate of Merit granted by the Prosecutor General; |
2007 | Kozma Sándor Award; |
2012 | receiving the “Counsellor of the Office of the Office of the Prosecutor General” title; |
2018 | receiving the Szalay László Commemorative Medal |
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 | Honorary University Professor |