Dr. István Vitányi (born 18 December 1952)[1] is a Hungarian jurist and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Berettyóújfalu (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency V then IV) from 2002 to 2006 and since 2010.

He was admitted to the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of József Attila University in Szeged in 1974, where he graduated in 1980.

He passed his bar examination in 1983, and worked in the attorneys' office in Berettyóújfalu from 1984 until he opened his own legal practice in 1991.

He secured a seat in Parliament in the 1998 parliamentary election as a non-party candidate supported by Fidesz from the party's Hajdú-Bihar County Regional List.

[1] He secured a mandate in the 2002 parliamentary election running as an individual candidate representing Berettyóújfalu (Constituency V, Hajdú-Bihar County).