András Simonyi

Who is András Simonyi?

András Simonyi is the managing director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the United States between 2002 and 2007. He was succeeded by Ferenc Somogyi. He was also Hungary's ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Simonyi was appointed ambassador in 2002 under the administration of Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy, and presented his credentials on 25 September 2002. He replaced ambassador Géza Jeszenszky, who left office in August, 2002.

He appeared several times on The Colbert Report, a satirical political show on American cable television.