# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-varga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:22:49.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-varga"
name: "István Varga"
slug: "istvan-varga"
description: "István Varga is a Hungarian politician and economist, who served as Minister of National Development and Economy between 2009 and 2010. Gordon Bajnai appointed him on 29 April 2009, after Tamás Vahl withdrew from the designation of the ministerial position. Before that the acting economy minister was Péter Hónig between 14 and 29 April. Varga is married and has three children."
tagline: "Hungarian politician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1956-06-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.75
  momentum:             14.88
  historical:           5.068754666666667
  currentAttention:     6.36
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(politician%2C_born_1956)"
    title: "István Varga (politician, born 1956)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%A7"
    title: "إشتفان فارغا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "اشتفان فارجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B2%D0%BE_1956)"
    title: "Иштван Варга (политичар роден во 1956)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Varga_(ministro)"
    title: "István Varga (ministro)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varga_Istv%C3%A1n_(%C3%BCzletember)"
    title: "Varga István (üzletember)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401718"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump