List of ambassadors of Hungary to the United States
List of representatives

List of ambassadors of Hungary to the United States

Section Title: List of representatives
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Diplomatic agrément	Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	List of heads of state of Hungary	List of Presidents of the United States	Term end

January 25, 1865	Ferdinand von Wydenbruck	(1816–1878)	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Andrew Johnson	August 11, 1867

July 3, 1868	Carl Ramon Soter von Lederer [de]	(1817–1890)	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Ulysses S. Grant	March 12, 1874

March 12, 1874	Wilhelm Schwarz-Senborn [de]	(1813–1903)	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Ulysses S. Grant	March 8, 1875

June 23, 1875	Ladislaus von Hoyos-Sprinzenstein	( Born 25 August 1834 - Mauer bei Wien, Austria	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Rutherford B. Hayes	August 28, 1878

December 25, 1878	Ernst von Mayr	Franz Joseph I of Austria	James A. Garfield	October 30, 1881

October 30, 1881	Ignaz von Schäffer	1856 envoy in London	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Grover Cleveland	October 9, 1886

April 5, 1987	Ernst Schmit von Tavera	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (1839-1904)	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Grover Cleveland

November 1, 1894	Alexander von Mezey Ezathmär	Counselor of Legation (NOT Chargé d'affaires)	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Grover Cleveland

December 29, 1894	Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Grover Cleveland

December 27, 1902	LEGATION RAISED TO EMBASSY	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Theodore Roosevelt

December 27, 1902	January 1, 1907	Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár	February 23, 1910 Dean of the Diplomatic corps	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Theodore Roosevelt

April 24, 1913	Konstantin Dumba	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Woodrow Wilson

October 6, 1915	Baron Erich Zwiedinek von Südenhorst	Chargé d'affaires	Franz Joseph I of Austria	Woodrow Wilson

November 9, 1916	Adam Tarnowski (senior)	(1866–1946)	Charles I of Austria	Woodrow Wilson	April 8, 1917

May 1, 1917	EMBASSY REMOVED	Charles I of Austria	Woodrow Wilson

January 11, 1922	Legation of Hungary opened	Miklós Horthy	Warren G. Harding

January 11, 1922	László Széchenyi	Miklós Horthy	Warren G. Harding

December 28, 1933	John Pelenyi	Janos Pelenyi (1885-1974) Resignation: John Pelenyi, Hungarian Minister to Washington since 1933 and a career diplomat for 33 years, resigned his post and announced his intention to remain in this country indefinitely as a private citizen.	Miklós Horthy	Franklin D. Roosevelt

November 28, 1940	Stephen de Rothkugel	Chargé d'affaires	Miklós Horthy	Franklin D. Roosevelt

March 19, 1941	April 3, 1941	George de Ghika	1939: George De Ghika, who was Consul- General for Hungary in New York, has been appointed Hungarian Minister to Japan	Miklós Horthy	Franklin D. Roosevelt

December 13, 1941	ANNOUNCEMENT OF STATE OF WAR	Miklós Horthy	Franklin D. Roosevelt

January 10, 1946	LEGATION RE-OPENED	Zoltán Tildy	Harry S. Truman

January 10, 1946	January 18, 1946	Aladár Szegedy-Maszák	(*1904 March 25, 1988)	Zoltán Tildy	Harry S. Truman

July 11, 1947	Paul Marik	Zoltán Tildy	Harry S. Truman

September 30, 1947	October 8, 1947	Rustem Vambery	Zoltán Tildy	Harry S. Truman

May 18, 1948	Andrew Sik	Árpád Szakasits	Harry S. Truman

July 20, 1948	August 4, 1948	Andrew Sik	Árpád Szakasits	Harry S. Truman

October 1, 1949	Listed as Hungarian People's Republic	Árpád Szakasits	Harry S. Truman

September 29, 1949	October 17, 1949	Imre Horváth	(1901-1958) Born into a worker's family in 1901, Imre Horvath started out as a fitter's apprentice. Later he attended a poly- technical From 1951 to 1953 he was ambassador in London, On July 30, 1956, the Hungarian State Assembly elected Irnre Horvath Foreign Minister.	Árpád Szakasits	Harry S. Truman

August 2, 1951	August 7, 1951	Emil Weil	(1897-1954)	Sándor Rónai	Harry S. Truman

April 8, 1953	Péter Kós	Ambassador carried as absent, Chargé d'affaires	István Dobi	Dwight D. Eisenhower

August 28, 1953	September 26, 1953	Károly Szabó (Ambassador to the United States)	István Dobi	Dwight D. Eisenhower

June 27, 1956	July 17, 1956	Péter Kós	1921: Educated, University of Budapest, Doctor of Chemistry. 1949: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, head of section 1956: Envoy to Indonesia.	István Dobi	Dwight D. Eisenhower

1957	1962	Tibor Zádor	Chargé d'affaires	István Dobi	Dwight D. Eisenhower

February 14, 1962	János Radványi	Chargé d'affaires	István Dobi	John F. Kennedy

November 28, 1966	Legation raised to embassy	István Dobi	Lyndon B. Johnson

1967	Sándor Józan	Chargé d'affaires	Pál Losonczi	Lyndon B. Johnson

September 27, 1968	October 10, 1968	János Nagy	Pál Losonczi	Lyndon B. Johnson

June 9, 1971	Péter Fülöp (diplomat)	Chargé d'affaires	Pál Losonczi	Richard Nixon

September 3, 1971	September 21, 1971	Károly Szabó (Ambassador to the United States)	Pál Losonczi	Richard Nixon

April 28, 1975	Károly Kovács	Chargé d'affaires	Pál Losonczi	Gerald Ford

June 6, 1975	July 14, 1975	Ferenc Esztergályos	Pál Losonczi	Gerald Ford

September 28, 1981	October 26, 1981	János Petrán	Pál Losonczi	Ronald Reagan

September 16, 1983	October 13, 1983	Vencel Házi	Pál Losonczi	Ronald Reagan

October 18, 1991	November 25, 1991	Pál Tar	Árpád Göncz	George H. W. Bush

October 1, 1989	Name changed to Republic of Hungary	Mátyás Szűrös	George H. W. Bush

August 31, 1989	October 24, 1989	Péter Várkonyi	Mátyás Szűrös	George H. W. Bush

September 10, 1990	October 24, 1990	Péter Zwack	Árpád Göncz	George H. W. Bush

October 27, 1994	November 21, 1994	György Bánlaki	Árpád Göncz	Bill Clinton

September 24, 1998	October 27, 1998	Géza Jeszenszky	Árpád Göncz	Bill Clinton

September 10, 2002	September 25, 2002	András Simonyi	Ferenc Mádl	George W. Bush

August 29, 2007	September 18, 2007	Ferenc Somogyi	László Sólyom	George W. Bush

September 18, 2009	November 4, 2009	Béla Szombati	László Sólyom	Barack Obama

January 31, 2011	February 23, 2011	György Szapáry	Pál Schmitt	Barack Obama

February 18, 2015	February 23, 2015	Réka Szemerkényi	János Áder	Barack Obama

September 8, 2017	László Szabó	János Áder	Donald Trump

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László Szabó is the current Hungarian Ambassador to the United States since 2017.

final_sentence: László Szabó is the current Hungarian Ambassador to the United States since 2017.