János Martonyi
 János Martonyi    ( politician) | |
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| Born | April 5, 1944 Kolozsvár, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | University of Szeged |
| Children | Zoltán Zsuzsanna |
| Spouse | Dr. Rozália Rábai |
| Member of | "Amato Group", European Leadership Network |
| Party | MSZMP, Fidesz |
Hungarian Bilderberger politician, part of the Amato group responsible for creating the Treaty of Lisbon after the French and Dutch populations rejected its predecessor in referendums.
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János Martonyiis a Hungarian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viktor Orbán from 1998 to 2002, then again from 2010 to 2014. He was part of the Amato group responsible for creating the Treaty of Lisbon after the French and Dutch populations rejected its predecessor in referendums.
Education
He was born in the Transylvanian town of Kolozsvár (now part of Romania) in 1944. Mártonyi obtained a doctorate in law in 1967 at the University of Szeged. He admitted to having written reports for the Hungarian secret police from 1964 to 1968 concerning the Hungarian emigrant circles in Germany and France, but only as reports of his study trips[1].
Career
He practiced as a lawyer and legal advisor, then in 1979 became commercial secretary at the Hungarian Embassy in Brussels. In 1985, he was appointed head of division at the Ministry of Commerce, then in 1989 commissioner for privatization: it was then that he briefly joined the Hungarian Socialist Party, shortly before the collapse of communism.
After the change of government system, he was vice-chairman of the board of directors of the agency in charge of privatization (Állami Vagyonügynökség) in 1990-1991, then between 1991 and 1994 he was State secretary for administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then opened a law firm, and in 1997 was appointed director of the Faculty of Private international Law at the University of Szeged. (JATE).
Foreign Minister
In 1998, Viktor Orbán appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs. During his ministry, the country progressed in its negotiations for accession to the European Union and entered NATO. In 2003, following the reorganization of Fidesz, he joined this party.
On May 29, 2010, he was again appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. His main tasks was to prepare for the Hungarian presidency of the European Union from January to June 2011. At the end of the Hungarian presidency of the European Union, he declared: "The last six months of the Hungarian presidency of the EU have shown that Europe is capable of functioning and reacting to challenges, even if it is sometimes in a slow and jerky way". Martonyi noted that several objectives of this EU Presidency can be summarized by the term "integration": the enlargement of the EU, the approval of the Roma framework strategy and the Danube strategy, as well as the progress made for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen Area.[2]
Shortly before his inauguration, on the occasion of the adoption of the Hungarian law allowing ethnic Hungarians from neighboring countries to obtain Hungarian citizenship, which is considered by the Slovak government as an aggressive gesture preceded by insufficient negotiation between the two countries, Martonyi says he is convinced that this Slovak attitude was due to the election campaign in Slovakia and was actually in the realm of political hysteria.[3]; and regarding the Slovak law adopted in response withdrawing Slovak citizenship from those who would have obtained Hungarian citizenship in this way, he declares that the government will not once leave the field free to hungarophobia without saying anything, and that its policy regarding ethnic minorities can be summarized by "Don't hurt the Hungarians".[4]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2008 | 5 June 2008 | 8 June 2008 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 56th Bilderberg, Chantilly, Virginia, 139 guests |
References
- ↑ http://hirszerzo.hu/hirek/2007/4/27/34351_az_orbankormany_idejen_titkositottak_a_maro
- ↑ http://www.politics.hu/20110628/foreign-minister-says-europe-functioned-well-under-hungarys-presidency-term/
- ↑ http://nol.hu/archivum/martonyi_mar_szoba_se_allna_ficoval
- ↑ http://hvg.hu/itthon/20100527_martonyi_janos
