András Balogh | |
Order: | Hungarian Ambassador to Thailand |
Term Start: | 2005 |
Term End: | 20 December 2010 |
Predecessor: | János Vándor |
Successor: | Dénes Tomaj |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1944 |
Birth Place: | Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
Profession: | diplomat, historian |
Party: | MSZP |
András Balogh (born 6 March 1944) is a Hungarian historian, diplomat, and former ambassador to Thailand. His party, the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) nominated him to the position of President of Hungary in 2010. During a parliamental election the Fidesz-Christian Democratic People's Party's candidate Pál Schmitt was elected by an overwhelming majority.