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(Kolozsvár (Cluj Napoca), 5/4/1944)
Commercial Secretary - Hungarian Commercial Branch Office in Brussels (1979-1984)Subdepartmental Leader - Inter-State Department of Developed Non-Socialist Countries in Ministry of Foreign Trade (1984-1985)
Head of the Secretary Department - Ministry of Foreign Trade (1985-1987)
As a commercial secretary in Brussels he participated the debates of the Socialist embassies, later in Budapest, at the Ministry of Foreign Trade he was the member of the coordination board dealing with the EEC agricultural embargo after the Chernobyl disaster.
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Since the early 1950s he was a Hungarian representative in several international organizations and meetings, he managed the talks with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. However, during the 1980s he rigidly opposed concluding a genera... |
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In the ministry he was responsible for the inter-bloc relations. He represented his ministry during the inter-ministerial negotiations concerning the EEC and CMEA talks. |
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As a diplomat in Brussels, he represented the official Hungarian standpoint, participated several meetings to coordinate the viewpoint of socialist states. However, he built good unofficial relations with the EEC apparatus in Brussels. |
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A leading expert of Western economies and the EEC in the Ministry of Foreign Trade. |
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He, as foreign trade minister, had several meetings with EEC representatives. However, he insisted on concluding an agreement with the EEC solely in accordance with the GATT regulation. |
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During his presidency the Chamber trasformed from the closed club of foreign trade enterprises to an open business federation, which promoted actively Hungarian exports. He personally initiated the series of Hungarian Economic Days abroad, he ... |
