Olivér Várhelyi
Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement/Member of the European
Commission
2019 – present
Permanent Representative of Hungary, ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary
2015-2019
Deputy Permanent Representative of Hungary, ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary
2011-2015
Head of Unit responsible for Industrial Property Rights, European
Commission, Directorate-General Internal Market and Services 2008-2011
Head of the European Union Law Department, Ministry of Justice, Hungary
2006-2008
Head of the Legal Service, Permanent Representation of the Republic of
Hungary to the European Union
2003-2006
Legal counsellor, Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union
2001-2003
Head of cabinet, Head of the Legal Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet
of the Deputy Head of the State Secretary for Integration
1998-2001
Desk officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for EC Harmonization, State Secretary for Integration
1996-1998
Desk officer, Ministry for Industry and Trade, Office for European Affairs, Department for EC Coordination and Harmonization
1996
Trainee, Ministry for Industry and Trade, Office for European Affairs 1995
Bar examination
2005
Law degree at University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences 1996
Master of European Legal Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark 1994