Hungary to send a new ambassador to Washington?

Szabolcs Takács may become Hungary’s new ambassador in Washington. He is an experienced career diplomat having a political background, as well. The position in Washington has been empty since László Szabó returned to become the leader of Mediaworks, a Hungarian media publishing company. Szabolcs Takács will probably start his work only after the presidential elections in the United States.

According to index.hu, the process to select the new Hungarian ambassador to Washington came to an end in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they will propose Szabolcs Takács to the decision-makers. Mr Takács is 49-year-old and a Fidesz-close career diplomat. He used to be a secretary of foreign affairs and the president of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, as well.

However, the press department of the ministry

has not yet confirmed Index’s information.

But gossip still holds in the ministry that he is the chosen one for the position.

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