# List of ambassadors of Hungary to the United States

The Hungarian ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Budapest to the Government of the United States.

## List of representatives

| 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. He gave no reason. | 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. From 1969 to 1972 he was ambassador in New Delhi. | 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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