Mr. Szolnoki was born in 1965. He is a chief civil servant with a firm professional background in public administration. After finishing the School of Public Administration of Hungary, he started to work for the Ministry of Interior of Hungary, simultaneously continuing training and international activities.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

HEAD OF IT OFFICE - MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR 2002-2005

DEPUTY HEAD of the ELECTORAL DEPARTMENT 1997-2002
of the MINISTRY of INTERIOR of HUNGARY

From 1998 he is the deputy head of the Electoral Department, where his duties are the preparation of law-regulations, preparation of the budget, and he is also the head of the National Election Centre.

HEAD OF the ELECTORAL TECHNICAL DIVISION 1995-1997
Of the Central Registration and Election Office

SECRETARY, DEPUTY HEAD of the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
GROUP LEADER
Election and Information Technology Department 1993-1995
Of the Ministry of Interior

SECRETARY
Hungarian National Association of Local Authorities 1990-1993

INFORMATION MANAGER
SZAMSZÖV Ltd. 1989-1990

ELECTION ASSISTANT
Local Government Office of Town Debrecen 1988-1989

During these periods he had several publications, for example: Electoral Guidelines No. 39,40,43,44 in 1997, 1998, or ‘International Experiences of the Controlling of Elections’ published in ‘Belügyi Szemle’ (Review of the Ministry of Interior) in 1998.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr Szolnoki was one of the establishers of the Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials in 1991. The Association has recently been recognized as a non-governmental organization, and also has been accepted as a partner organization by OSCE and the UN. Through this Association he has taken part in several international missions in field of elections.

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Currently
Association of Central and Eastern European Election Officials

OPERATIONS, PLANS AND BUDGET OFFICER 2000
OSCE Mission in Kosovo – seven months

OBSERVER on the Election for the European Parliament (Bonn, Cologne) 1999

OSCE-ODIHR INSTRUCTOR 1999
“ Resolving Election Disputes” Workshop in Kiev, Ukraine; in Bishkek,
Kyrgystan

SENIOR ORGANIZER 1999
ACEEEO Annual Conference Bratislava, Slovakia

ELECTION SUPERVISOR
Kosovo, General Assembly Election 2001
Bosnia Herzegovina, General Elections (Bijeljina) 1998
Bosnia Herzegovina, Local Government Elections (Prijedor) 1997
Bosnia Herzegovina (Trebinje) 1996

HEAD of the HUNGARIAN CO-ORDINATION OFFICE
For the Election in Bosnia Herzegovina (Refugee Voting) 1996

SECRETARY
Council of Europe North-South Hungarian National Committee 1991-1993

TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Beside professional and international activities he had been a lecturer in ‘Leővey Klára’ Secondary Economy School, teaching ‘Elementary economical and law knowledge’, in ‘Gábor Dénes’ High School of Information Technology. Currently he is a part-time teacher in the Hungarian Public Administration Institute.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Hungarian Public Administration Examining Board