Péter Takács

Takács Péter rose from hospital director to deputy director of the National Hospital Directorate (OKFŐ) in late 2020, then became Hungary's health state secretary in 2022. His wife, Kőszegi Éva Boglárka, knew future foreign minister Péter Szijjártó from her time as Fidelitas vice-president during his leadership of the youth organization. His brother-in-law, Kőszegi Gábor Árpád, held signing authority at SRF Silk Road Fund Holding, which on 20 April 2020 - the same day the Foreign Ministry signed a 17-billion-forint contract with Fourcardinal Kft. for 1,000 Chinese ventilators - acquired a 10% stake in Fourcardinal in exchange for seven-eighths of its profit. Fourcardinal and Silk Road Fund paid out roughly 18.2 billion forints in dividends before both were dissolved without a legal successor. No evidence has emerged that Takács or his family personally received any of the money, which he denies, stating the Silk Road Fund brought 'zero' ventilators into the country. The affair remained live in 2026 after the Foreign Ministry itself filed a criminal complaint over suspected mismanagement in the ventilator procurement, with Takács publicly defending the overpricing as a result of pandemic-era shortages.