AMBASSADOR FERENC SOMOGYI

Dr. FERENC SOMOGYI

Born:        September 1st, 1945, Hartkirchen (Austria)

 

Studies:    

 

  1952-64 Primary and secondary schools in Budapest
  University degrees:
  1968 International relations, University of Economics, Budapest
  1979 International relations, College for Political Sciences, Budapest
  University Doctoral Degree:
  1977 World economics, University of Economics, Budapest

 

 

Professional career:

 

  1968-1991 Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Hungary
  1968-1969 Junior desk officer, Budapest
  1969-1971 Attaché, Hungarian Embassy, Rangoon, Burma
  1971-1973 Second Secretary, Hungarian Embassy, Lagos, Nigeria
  1973-1980 Senior desk officer, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Budapest
  1980-1984 Deputy Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations, New York
  1984-1989 Head of Department for Multilateral and Global Issues, MFA, Budapest
  1986 Promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  1989-1990 State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Budapest
  1990-1991

Professional State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Budapest

- Chief negotiator, talks on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary
  1992-1994 Chairman, Exportguarantie Ltd (later: EXIM Bank), Budapest
  1992-1994 Director of Faculty, College for Foreign Trade, Budapest
  1994-1998 Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Hungary
  1994-1996 Professional State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Budapest
  1996-1998

State Secretary, Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Budapest

- Chief negotiator for the Hungary–Slovakia Framework Treaty

- Chief negotiator for the Hungary–Romania Framework Treaty

- Chief negotiator for Hungary’s NATO accession talks

- Chief negotiator for Hungary’s EU accession talks
  1998-2001

MATÁV Hungarian Telecommunications, Budapest

Director for Euro-Atlantic Integration
  2001-2004 CEO, Stonebridge Communications AD, Skopje, Macedonia (member of the MATÁV Group)
  2004-2006 Minister for Foreign Affairs of Hungary
  2006-2007

Magyar Telekom, Hungarian Telecommunications Co., Budapest

Director for International Affairs

 

 

Other functions:

 

  1989-1992 Member, Hungarian Olympic Committee
  1994-1998 Member, Hungarian Olympic Committee
  1994- Member, Board of Trustees, Mc. Daniel College, Westminster, Md., USA
  1998- Member, International Advisory Board, Institute for the Study of  Europe, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., USA
  1998-2003 President, Hungarian Atlantic Council
  1999-2001 Member, Board of the American Chamber of Commerce, Hungary
  2001-2003 Vice-President, Atlantic Treaty Associations

        

 

Ambassador Somogyi with his family