Mihály BAYER

Personal

Born in Mezőberény (Hungary), December 3, 1954
Married, with two children (1982, 1987)

Education

Graduate of the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (1980)

Employment

June 30, 1980 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 30, 1980 - July 22, 1981
Desk officer – Middle East Department
July 23, 1981- September 13, 1986
Cultural and press attaché, Hungarian Embassy – Libya
September 14, 1986 - February 25, 1990
Desk officer – Middle East Department
February 26, 1990 - August 9, 1990
Deputy Chief of Mission, Hungarian Embassy – Egypt
August 10, 1990 - December 3, 1994
Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen
February 1, 1995 - August 31, 1995
Deputy Head, Department of Africa and the Middle-East
September 1, 1995 - August 22, 1999
Head, Department of Africa and the Middle East
August 23, 1999 - August 2, 2004
Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China,
Non-resident Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
August 3, 2004 - July 31, 2006
Head, Department of the CIS Countries
August 1, 2006 - February 28, 2007Senior adviser to the political director of the MFA
March 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008
Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova
April 1, 2008 - November 20, 2009
Ambassador-at-Large, Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project
November 21, 2009 - July 15, 2010
Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security
November 1, 2010 -
Ambassador to Ukraine

Diplomatic ranks

- Attaché, 1980
- Third Secretary, 1982
- Second Secretary, 1985
- First Secretary, 1989
- Counsellor, 1989
- Ambassador, 1990

Languages

Hungarian (native), Arabic, English, Russian

Core member of an expert group of the Foreign Ministry to work out the concept and manage the re-establishment of Hungarian-Israeli relations (1987)
Initiated the negotiation process with the Yemeni authorities to grant exploration rights to the Hungarian Oil Company in the province of Hadramaut (1992)
Initiated the elaboration of the concept of the Hungarian-Chinese human rights dialogue, and the establishment of co-operation in 2000.
Organized in Chishinau (Republic of Moldova) the establishment and management of a Common (Visa) Application Centre, the first of its kind in the history of the European Union (2006-2007)
Organized the Budapest Nabucco Summit in January 26-27, 2009; head of the Hungarian delegation to the intergovernmental conference to negotiate the Agreement regarding the Nabucco Project (first half of 2009)

Awards, decorations

The Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2009),
The Order of Honour of the Republic of Moldova (2008)
The Pro Turismo Price (2004)