Until March 2021, as a member of the Hungarian Fidesz delegation, he belonged in the European People's Party parliamentary group.

In 2004 he became Secretary of the Hungarian People's Party Group in the European Parliament and Political Advisor to József Szájer.

After the Fidesz victory in 2010, he was appointed Deputy State Secretary for International Affairs and External Economic Relations at the Ministry for National Economy by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

In 2005, he graduated from the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg, France with a DEA master's degree at the Institute of European Studies.

He is married to Brigitta Hidvéghiné Pulay, a lawyer and a specialist in environmental protection and sustainable development.