András Simonyi
András Simonyi | |
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| Hungarian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 25 September 2002 – July 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Géza Jeszenszky |
| Succeeded by | Ferenc Somogyi |
| Hungarian Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Head of the Liaison Office to NATO until 1999) | |
| In office 1995–2001 | |
| Preceded by | Inaugural |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1952 |
András Simonyi (born 16 May 1952) is a former Hungarian ambassador, transportation economist, and author. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the United States between 2002 and 2007. He was also Hungary's first ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Simonyi plays guitar in a rock band, The Coalition of the Willing (est.2003) with guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter which has Anthony Blinken as a regular guest.
He is the author of "Rocking Toward a Free World: When the Stratocaster beat the Kalashnikov" (Hatchette, 2019) about the influence of rock. He has appeared several times on The Colbert Report.