The Curia (, ), also known as the Supreme Court (''Legfelsőbb Bíróság'') before 2011, is the
supreme court
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and highest judicial authority of
Hungary
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. The Curia was founded in 1949 as the
People's Republic of Hungary
The Hungarian People's Republic (HPR) was a landlocked country in Central Europe from its formation on 20 August 1949 until the establishment of the current Republic of Hungary on 23 October 1989. It was a professed communist state, govern ...
Supreme Court. It was preceded by the
Royal Curia of the Kingdom of Hungary
The Royal Curia of Hungary (, ) was the supreme court of the Kingdom of Hungary (Hungary and Croatia) between 1723 and 1949.
Charles VI in 1723 divided it into two courts: the ''Tabula Septemviralis'' (Court of the Seven) and the ''Tabula Regia ...
. The current president of the court is
András Zsolt Varga
András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include:
* András Ádám-Stolpa (1921–2010), Hungarian tennis player
* András Adorján (1950–2023), Hungarian writer
* András ...
.
Presidents
Supreme court (1949–2012)
*Ödön Somogyi (1949–1950)
*Péter Jankó (1950–1953)
*Erik Molnár (1953–1954)
*József Domokos (1954–1958)
*Mihály Jahner-Bakos (1958–1963)
*József Szalay (1963–1968)
*Ödön Szakács (1968–1980)
*Jenő Szilbereky (1980–1990)
*Pál Solt (1990–2002)
*Zoltán Lomnici (2002–2008)
*András Baka (2009–2011)
Curia (2012–)
*Péter Darák (2012–2021)
*András Varga (2021–)
See also
*
Curia Regia
The Royal Curia of Hungary (, ) was the supreme court of the Kingdom of Hungary (Hungary and Croatia) between 1723 and 1949.
Charles VI in 1723 divided it into two courts: the ''Tabula Septemviralis'' (Court of the Seven) and the ''Tabula Regia ...
*
Constitutional Court of Hungary
The Constitutional Court of Hungary () is a special court of Hungary, making judicial review of the acts of the Parliament of Hungary. The official seat of the Constitutional Court is Budapest. Until 2012 the seat was Esztergom.
The Constituti ...
External links
Official website of the Curia of Hungary (English)History of Curia (Hungarian)
References
Law of Hungary
Legal history of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
1949 establishments in Hungary
Courts and tribunals established in 1949
Belváros-Lipótváros
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