Tamás Vargha

{{Short description|Hungarian politician}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = Tamás Vargha

| image = Informal meeting of defence ministers (FAC). Arrivals Tamás Vargha (36910146752).jpg

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| order = Secretary of State for Defence

| minister = Csaba Hende
István Simicskó

| term_start = 16 October 2012

| term_end = 17 May 2018

| president =

| predecessor = István Simicskó

| successor = Szilárd Németh

| order2 = Member of the National Assembly

| term_start2 = 14 May 2010

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|2|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Székesfehérvár, Hungary

| profession = teacher, politician

| party = Fidesz

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| children = 4

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{{eastern name order|Vargha Tamás}}

Tamás Vargha (born 2 February 1959){{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.hu/kepv/eletrajz/hu/v045.pdf |title=Biography |publisher=Országgyűlés}} is a Hungarian teacher and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Székesfehérvár (Fejér County Constituency II then I) since 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlament.hu/internet/plsql/ogy_kpv.kepv_adat?p_azon=v045&p_ckl=39 |title=Register |publisher=Országgyűlés}} He served as Secretary of State for Defence from 16 October 2012 to 17 May 2018.{{cite news|url=http://www.hirado.hu/Hirek/2012/10/16/11/Vargha_Tamas_a_HM_parlamenti_allamtitkara_.aspx|title=Vargha Tamás a HM parlamenti államtitkára|publisher=Politics.hu|accessdate=13 May 2013|date=16 October 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023023656/http://www.hirado.hu/Hirek/2012/10/16/11/Vargha_Tamas_a_HM_parlamenti_allamtitkara_.aspx|archivedate=23 October 2012}} Currently, he is the Secretary of State for Civil Intelligence within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade since 23 June 2018.

Vargha served as President of the General Assembly of Fejér County between 8 October 2010 and 16 October 2012, when he was appointed state secretary. He was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 14 May 2010 and Defence and Internal Security Committee from 10 October 2011 until 12 November 2012. He also functioned as a vice-chairman of the National Security Committee for a short time between 4 June and 2 July 2018, until his appointment as state secretary in the Fourth Orbán Government.