Péter Szijjártó has been a Fidesz MEP since 2002 and began his fifth term in 2018.

From 2006 to 2010, he served as Fidesz Communications Director, from 2010 to 2012 as the Prime Minister's Spokesperson, and from 2012 to 2014 as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Prime Minister's Office.

From June to September 2014, he was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, and subsequently Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Hungary from 23 September 2014.