Károly Szabó (Ambassador to the United States)

Károly Szabó
Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
In office
4 June 1971 – 8 April 1975
Preceded byPéter Fülöp
Succeeded byKároly Kovács
Personal details
Born(1928-07-05)5 July 1928
Diósgyőr, Hungary
Died25 July 1995(1995-07-25) (aged 67)
Budapest, Hungary
Professionpolitician
The native form of this personal name is Szabó Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Károly Szabó (5 July 1928 – 25 July 1995) was a Hungarian diplomat, who served as Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 1971 and 1975.

Prior to that, he was also Ambassador to Tanzania from 1967 to 1969, also accredited to Somalia and Zambia.[1] From 1979 to 1984, he functioned as Ambassador to Mexico, also accredited to Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.[2] From 1984 to 1986, he was head of 8th Regional Department (Sub-Saharan Africa) of the Hungarian Foreign Service. He retired on 30 June 1986.[3]

References

  1. ^ Baráth & Gecsényi 2015, p. 124.
  2. ^ Baráth & Gecsényi 2015, p. 114.
  3. ^ Baráth & Gecsényi 2015, p. 261.

Sources

  • Baráth, Magdolna; Gecsényi, Lajos, eds. (2015). Főkonzulok, követek és nagykövetek 1945–1990 [Consuls General, Envoys, Ambassadors 1945–1990] (in Hungarian). MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont. ISBN 978-963-416-007-6.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
János Katona
 Hungarian Ambassador to Tanzania
1967–1969 		Succeeded by
Miklós Bárd
Preceded by Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
1971–1975 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Zsiva Peják
 Hungarian Ambassador to Mexico
1979–1984 		Succeeded by
János Tóth