Miklós Szócska
Also known as Szócska Miklós, Miklos Szocska
Miklós Szócska is a Hungarian physician and academic whose recent work focuses on data-driven and AI solutions in healthcare. He graduated in medicine from Semmelweis University in 1989 and earned a Master of Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School in 1998. He served as Hungary's Minister of State for Health from 2010 to 2014, and he initiated a ban on smoking in closed public places. In 2016 the Hungarian government nominated him for the WHO director-general post, and from 2019 to 2025 he was dean of the Faculty of Health and Public Administration at Semmelweis University. He is director of the Health Services Management Training Centre, and he was a senior fellow on AI in healthcare at Harvard Kennedy School in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years.
- Now at
- Health Services Management Training Centre and Semmelweis University
- Works
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Timeline
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1989–1998
Medicine and a Harvard MPA
He graduates in medicine from Semmelweis University in 1989. In 1998 he earns a Master of Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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1995–2000
Running a training centre
He serves as deputy director of the Health Services Management Training Centre from 1995 and becomes its director in 2000.
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2010–2014
Minister of State for Health
He serves as Hungary's Minister of State for Health from 2010 to 2014. He initiates a set of public health rules, including a full ban on smoking in closed public places.
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2016
A WHO director-general nomination
The Hungarian government nominates him for the director-general post of the World Health Organization in 2016.
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2019–2025
Dean at Semmelweis
He serves as dean of the Faculty of Health and Public Administration at Semmelweis University from 2019 to 2025.
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2022
Head of data-driven health
He becomes head of the Data-Driven Health Division of the National Laboratory for Health Security in 2022.
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2024–2026
Harvard fellow on AI in health
He becomes a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years, where his research covers AI in healthcare. In November 2024 he speaks at a Brussels seminar and says that AI in health is a system capability.
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As of October 2026
Back at the training centre
He returns to direct the Health Services Management Training Centre in 2014 and remains its director. He also takes responsibility for the Institute of Digital Health Sciences at Semmelweis University.
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