Tünde Handó

Tünde Handó

Tünde Handó is a Hungarian jurist, judge, who served as the inaugural President of the OBH from 1 January 2012 to 30 November 2019. She replaced István Stumpf as a member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary on 1 January 2020. Handó was a court drafter in the Metropolitan Labor Court, before becoming a court secretary.

About Tünde Handó in brief

Summary Tünde HandóTünde Handó is a Hungarian jurist, judge, who served as the inaugural President of the OBH from 1 January 2012 to 30 November 2019. She replaced István Stumpf as a member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary on 1 January 2020. Handó was a court drafter in the Metropolitan Labor Court, before becoming a court secretary. She has also been a lecturer in the labor department of ELTE’s Faculty of Law since January 1999. She married József Szájer – vice-president of Fidesz and Member of the European Parliament – in 1983. Her husband is one of the key designers of the transformations in public law introduced by the second Viktor Orbán administration, writes László Márkös. The father of Szcszi – spokesman of the tribunal – in Kecskemét in Kabolabol – is a FidesZ politician, says Mátém Szabolcs.

The ratio of special cases at Metropolitan Tribunal is 60% whereas at Constitutional Court at OBH at 56% it is 60%. Mártém Szabolcs is accused of turning Miklós Hagyó and his associates to the right to appoint a judge and turning his family to the left. The court began to operate in January 2012, and Handó appointed Sándor Fazekas as President of Metropolitan Tribunal on 5 January. The trial began before the summer holiday and according to the court’s report it was to end in 18–24 months. The decision in the first instance was to be announced in the final campaign sprint of the next ordinary national elections andor the municipal election. The judge is totally independent, separate and delivers the decision only on the basis of his conviction and the conscience of her law.