Dr Zoltan TOTH



Key qualifications:

Specialisation in legislation, public administration

Professional experience
1977-1980
Budapest, Institute of Social Sciences
research fellow

1980-1983
Budapest, Budapest Capital Council
Supervisor - Supervision on legality of local governments

1983-
Budapest, Council Office of the Cabinet
Expert - Expert responsible for legislation and preparation of elections

1990-1995
Budapest, Ministry of Interior
Head of the Election Office - Preparation and administration of elections and referenda

1991 -
Budapest, Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials
Secretary General - Preparation and execution of the resolutions of the ACEEEO Executive Board and supervises the operation of the Secretariat

1995-1997
Budapest, Central Registration and Election Office
Head of Office - Preparation and administration of elections and referenda

1996-
Győr, Szechenyi Istvan College, Institue of the Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciencies
Lecturer - Lecture of electoral systems

2002-2004
Budapest, Ministry of Interior
Administrative State Secretary

Present position since January 2005:
Chief of the cabinet, Prime Minister’s Office

-Co-author of the book “Parties and Elections“
-Essay on the elections in the years 1990 and 1994 in the publication titled “Political Yearbook of Hungary”
-Codification of 10 acts (e.g.: election, population registration, data protection, local governments)