US Ambassador to Hungary arrives in Budapest
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The United States’ recently appointed Ambassador to Hungary, David Cornstein arrived in Budapest on Friday, Index.hu reports. The United States has not had an Ambassador to Hungary for 1.5 years, since the last U.S. ambassador, Colleen Bradley Bell’s mission was terminated on 20 January 2017.
Long-awaited arrival
David Cornstein arrived in Budapest on 22 June (Friday) accompanied by his wife, Sheile Cornstein. The U.S. ambassador and his wife were greeted by Hungarian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Levente Magyar. The U.S. Embassy Budapest posted photos of the ambassador’s arrival on its Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/hungary.usembassy/posts/10156519597258979
As we have reported earlier, Ambassador David Cornstein was appointed by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump on 13 February 2018. The United States did not have an Ambassador to Hungary for a while (1.5 years), after the previous ambassador Colleen Bradley Bell’s mission was terminated in January 2017. David J. Kostelancik served as Chargé d’affaires (a diplomat who heads an embassy in the absence of the ambassador) between January 2017 and June 2018.
Officially, the U.S. did not have an Ambassador to Hungary for 1.5 years.
About David Cornstein
David B. Cornstein is a 78-year-old businessman from New York. We have already reported on his Hungarian ancestry in a previous article: