Dávid Korányi

Who is Dávid Korányi?

Dávid Korányi, is a Hungarian diplomat, former Undersecretary of State, and foreign policy and energy expert.

Dávid Korányi was born in Budapest, Hungary on December 18, 1980. He was raised in Tata, where his parents practiced as medical doctors. He attended the Árpád High School in Tatabánya, then pursued undergraduate studies in political economy and business administration, later obtaining a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Economics, with a major in Foreign Affairs at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

He worked as a political advisor at the Hungarian National Assembly and a junior researcher at GKI Economic Research Institute, a Hungarian research firm while studying at the university. Between 2004-2009 he worked in the European Parliament, as chief foreign policy advisor and head of cabinet of Csaba Tabajdi, a Hungarian Member of the EP, where he dealt with various foreign policy and security dossiers within the EP’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, in particular Middle-East issues, EU-US, EU-Russia, EU-China relations and the Western Balkans, interethnic relations and minority issues.