Péter Balázs

Péter Balázs (born 5 December 1941) is a Hungarian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, born in Kecskemét, 1941. In addition to his native Hungarian, he speaks English, French, German and Russian.

For other people named Péter Balázs, see Péter Balázs (disambiguation).

Péter Balázs
Péter Balázs, 2009
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
In office
16 April 2009 – 29 May 2010
Preceded byKinga Göncz
Succeeded byJános Martonyi
European Commissioner for Regional Policy
In office
1 May 2004 – 21 November 2004
PresidentRomano Prodi
Preceded byMonika Wulf-Mathies
Succeeded byDanuta Hübner
Personal details
Born (1941-12-05) 5 December 1941
Kecskemét, Kingdom of Hungary
Political partyIndependent
Children5 daughters
1 son
Professiondiplomat, economist, politician
The native form of this personal name is Balázs Péter. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He graduated from Budapest School of Economics in 1963 and worked in the Hungarian government until 1 May 2004, when his country joined the European Union and was appointed to the European Commission with Michel Barnier under Romano Prodi.

He became the Hungarian European Commissioner holding the Regional Policy portfolio until the end of the Prodi Commission on 21 November 2004. He was succeeded by László Kovács as the Hungarian Commissioner and Danuta Hübner as Commissioner for regional policy.

Balázs became a professor at the International Relations and European Studies Department of the Central European University (CEU), Budapest. In 2005, he established a new research center for EU Enlargement Studies at the CEU.

Balázs became the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 2009, serving until May 2010. Balázs, when addressing the topic of Hungary-Slovakia relations compared the creation of the language law of Slovakia to the politics of the Ceauşescu regime on the use of language.[1][2][3] He was succeeded by János Martonyi.

Balázs is a member of the advisory board of the Prague European Summit.[4]

References
  1. "Index - Külföld - Kiakasztotta a szlovákokat Balázs Péter". Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. Pozsony felháborodásának adott hangot Balázs Péter interjújával kapcsolatban
  3. ORIGO. "Besokallt a szlovák külügy Balázs interjúja miatt". origo.hu/. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  4. "International Programme Board".
Political offices
Preceded by
Monika Wulf-Mathies		 European Commissioner for Regional Policy
May 2004 – Nov 2004		 Succeeded by
Danuta Hübner
Preceded by
new post		 Hungarian European Commissioner
May 2004 – Nov 2004		 Succeeded by
László Kovács
Preceded by
Kinga Göncz		 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2009–2010		 Succeeded by
János Martonyi


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