Ferenc Somogyi | |
Order: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start: | 1 November 2004 |
Term End: | 9 June 2006 |
Primeminister: | Ferenc Gyurcsány |
Predecessor: | László Kovács |
Successor: | Kinga Göncz |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1945 |
Birth Place: | Hartkirchen, Austria |
Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Profession: | Diplomat |
Party: | Independent |
Children: | Bence Balázs and 1 daughter |
Spouse: | Andrea Somogyi |
Ferenc Somogyi (1 September 1945 in Hartkirchen, Austria – 30 March 2021) was a Hungarian ambassador to the United States.[1] [2]
A former businessman, he is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party and served as foreign minister from November 1, 2004 until a cabinet shuffle in June 2006.[3] His appointment to that position was announced in September 2004. Previously, he was the deputy ambassador to the United Nations during the 1980s in Hungary's communist government, and was a telephone company executive during the 1990s. In late 2007, Somogyi was appointed Hungarian Ambassador to the United States.[1]
Father of three children.[1]