Péter Magyar announced that he has asked Budapest city councillor Dávid Vitézy to serve as Minister of Transport and Investment and Vilmos Kátai-Németh to head the Social and Family Affairs Ministry.
In a post on Facebook, Magyar said the Social and Family Affairs Ministry — responsible for accessibility and equal opportunities — will be headed by “a blind fellow citizen for the first time in Hungarian history”.
He said Vitézy had dedicated over two decades to modernizing Hungary’s transport and urban development. A graduate of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Vitézy has taught and advised on transport and urban planning worldwide, and his leadership has visibly transformed Budapest’s transport system.
Magyar said Vitézy had “done more than anyone in recent years to expose the damage inflicted on Hungary’s railways and passengers by János Lázár”, the outgoing Construction and Transport Minister.
Vitézy’s mandate will include “leading railway company MÁV out of this chaos”, launching the Tisza government’s transport and urban development program and using reclaimed EU funds to usher in a “second golden age” for Hungarian rail and transport.
Introducing his second nominee, Magyar said Vilmos Kátai-Németh — born in Győr, in north-western Hungary, and raised in Budapest — lost his sight at 16, “a turning point that also strengthened him”.
A black-belt Aikido master, law graduate, and practising lawyer, he joined the Tisza community in 2024 and won his constituency in Csepel in the April 12 election.
His priorities will include ensuring quality health care and education for all, regardless of background, and representing the vulnerable in social and child protection systems. He will also aim to create a functional child protection system, fully investigate crimes committed over the past 20 years, and build an effective social care network.
His goal is to strengthen Hungarian families and help build a “functional and humane Hungary where every desired child is born and grows up in peace and security”, Magyar said.
Later on Friday, Magyar announced that he has asked Judit Lannert to serve as the Minister for Children and Education in the new government.
Magyar noted that Lannert is an economist and social policy expert with a PhD in sociology.
She began her career at the National Institute for Public Education, where she worked as a senior research fellow, later serving as director of research and deputy director general for scientific affairs. She is also credited with launching the “Report on Hungarian Public Education” series, which has since become a defining professional publication.
Her research has focused on the performance of the Hungarian education system, reducing inequalities, and teacher policy. In recent years, she has placed particular emphasis on developing creative learning: as the founder of the T-Tudok Education Research Center, she has introduced international programs in Hungary, including the adaptation of the U.K.’s Creative Partnerships program.
