member of the International Olimpic Committee
Dr. Balázs Fürjes, Member of the International Olympic Committee, Member of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Preparatory Committee, and Member of the Executive Board of the Hungarian Olympic CommitteeDr. Balázs Fürjes graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Law at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1997. For several years, he worked at Stikeman Elliott - Réti and Antall law firms, specializing in international commercial law and corporate law. From 2003 to 2011, he served as Deputy CEO of WING, a leading Hungarian real estate development group.Among other projects, he oversaw the planning and implementation of the Papp László Budapest Sport Arena, the MOME Campus, the Ludovika Campus of the National University of Public Service (NKE), the Puskás Arena, and the MVM Dome.From 2018 to 2022, he served as State Secretary responsible for the development of Budapest. He resigned from the government in early 2023. In October 2023, he was elected by the Session of the International Olympic Committee as Hungary’s permanent IOC member.Since the founding of the IOC in 1894, he has been the eighth permanent Hungarian member and, overall, the tenth Hungarian member of the International Olympic Committee.