SZABOLCS TAKÁCS (Budapest, 1971) is Ministerial Commissioner for Brexit affairs at the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office in Budapest. He received a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA in Political Science from the University of Pécs. He pursued his studies in Law and International Relations and soon became a desk officer at the Department of Asia-Pacific at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 2005–2009 he was Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Hungary in Doha, Quatar. He also worked at the Office of the Deputy State Secretary in charge of bilateral relations with non-European countries and International Development Cooperation. He served as Deputy State Secretary for Security Policy from 2013 to 2014. Since 2014 he has been State Secretary responsible for EU Affairs. He is also the author of two books, Asian Studies 2011 and Europe and Asia in the Globalizing World; both published in 2011.