In 1985 and 1986 Andrea Bártfai-Mager studied at the Institute on International Relations in Moscow, then she went on to the international relations faculty of Karl Marx University of Economical Sciences. She took post-graduate studies in the fields of financial management and bank relationships.[3] She started to work for Postabank, and went to the National Bank of Hungary in 2001, where she worked until 2007. Here she had the following positions: from 2001 to 2004, she was the leader of the Banking Department, then next year she led the Financial Stability Department, and went as the vice-director of the same department.
Between 2007 and 2010, she was a member of Competition Committee of Hungarian Competition Authority. On 1 July 2010 she was appointed as the managerial director of the publishing house that publishes Magyar Közlöny. On 21 March 2011 she was elected as a member of the Monetary Committee of the Hungarian National Bank for six years.[4] On 6 July 2016 she was appointed as governmental commissioner responsible for post and national financial affairs.[5]
Several media sources reported that she would be appointed as the Minister for National Development in the Fourth Orbán Government;[6][7] however, she was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio for managing national wealth, while the Ministry of National Development was disintegrated.[8]
