Ferenc Somogyi (1 September 1945 in Hartkirchen, Austria – 30 March 2021) was a Hungarian ambassador to the United States.
[1][2] A former businessman, he is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party and served as foreign minister from November 1, 2004 until a cabinet shuffle in June 2006.
[3] His appointment to that position was announced in September 2004.
Previously, he was the deputy ambassador to the United Nations during the 1980s in Hungary's communist government, and was a telephone company executive during the 1990s.
In late 2007, Somogyi was appointed Hungarian Ambassador to the United States.