József Varga (born 27 June 1962)[1] is a Hungarian politician of Romani ethnicity, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Budapest Regional List between 2010 and 2014.

[2] He served as a member of the Committee on Human Rights, Minority, Civic and Religious Affairs from 2002 to 2010.

[2] Varga was a prominent politician in Ferencváros (9th district of Budapest) until 2019, described as "gray eminence" behind mayor János Bácskai since 2010.

In a series of articles published since the spring of 2017, news portal 444.hu revealed a number of adverse cases related to the management of the district (parking money, housing allowances etc), which connected to Varga and his uncovered network of contacts.

Varga lost all political influence in the 2019 local elections, when Bácskai was defeated by opposition mayoral candidate Krisztina Baranyi, whose alliance also gained a majority in the district council.