Ferenc Somogyi Explained

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]

Career

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]

Private life

Father of three children.[1]

References

  1. Web site: AMBASSADOR FERENC SOMOGYI. Embassy of Hungary. 14 February 2010.
  2. http://jaszitarsasag.hu/?p=1043 Gyászhír
  3. Web site: Hungarian Foreign Ministers from 7 April 1848 to Our Days. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary. 14 February 2010. 21 June 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060621090822/http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kum/en/bal/Ministry/minister/foreign_ministers.htm. dead.

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