Tristan Azbej is State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and the Hungary Helps Program. He has also been the vice president of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) since 2020. He earned an MA in Geology from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in 2002. He then went on to complete a PhD in Geosciences at Virginia Tech, graduating in 2006. Since 2018 he has been serving as state secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office. In this role he has been coordinating the humanitarian efforts of the Government of Hungary and has had numerous public appearances advocating for freedom of religion.