Program: Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellowship
Year: 2019
Host Institution: TFAS
Current Position: Junior Associate at the Parliamentary State Secretariat of the Prime Ministers’ Office
Quote: “The bedrock of my attitude in regards to pursuing more and more was significantly strengthened by the Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellowship in DC. The new environment that I was seeking suddenly appeared at the right time in my life and motivated me to reach new heights. Meeting the requirements of my university at home in line with the recognition of outstanding performance by the program showed me it is all about willpower. The personal bonds I established in DC only deepened this belief. These valuable impulses keep pushing me even today by providing the confidence to do several things at the same time with everything I can give.“
Read his interview: hungaryfoundation.
Dávid Kosztrihán successfully completed his studies of Public Administration Manager summa cum laude at the National University of Public Services Faculty of Public Administration in 2014. Since 2017, also completed his Master’s degree in Political Science at the Faculty of Political Science and Administration, where ha was awarded a national scholarship and a national excellence award by the Minister of Education. Dávid also completed a thesis in which he examined the political role of the Prime Minister’s Office in light of institutional and personal changes, which ranked second in the legal competition section of the institutional competition (also a national competition).
He is a junior associate at the Parliamentary State Secretariat of the Prime Ministers’ Office and a member of the largest higher education student association called HÖOK / The National Union of Students’ in Hungary, responsible for foreign affairs.