Réka Szemerkényi

The native form of this personal name is Szemerkényi Réka. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Réka Szemerkényi is a Hungarian economist, political scientist and politician, who was the Hungarian ambassador to the United States from 2015 to 2017. She was state secretary for foreign policy and national security advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán from 1998 to 2002.^[1]

Réka Szemerkényi
Szemerkényi in 2018
Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
In office 21 January 2015 – July 2017
Preceded by	György Szapáry
Succeeded by	László Szabó
Personal details
Political party	independent
Profession	Diplomat economist

Szemerkényi with U.S. President Barack Obama in February 2015