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Ferenc Somogyi
Ferenc Somogyi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 1 November 2004 – 9 June 2006
Prime Minister	Ferenc Gyurcsány
Preceded by	László Kovács
Succeeded by	Kinga Göncz
Personal details
Born	1 September 1945; Hartkirchen, Austria
Died	30 March 2021 (aged 75); Budapest, Hungary
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Andrea Somogyi
Children	Bence ; Balázs ; and 1 daughter
Profession	Diplomat

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "AMBASSADOR FERENC SOMOGYI". Embassy of Hungary. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
^ Gyászhír (in Hungarian)
^ "Hungarian Foreign Ministers from 7 April 1848 to Our Days". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary. Archived from the original on 21 June 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

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Political offices
Preceded by László Kovács	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004–2006	Succeeded by Kinga Göncz
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by András Simonyi	Hungarian Ambassador to the United States 2007–2009	Succeeded by Béla Szombati