Background
Varkonyi, Peter was born in 1931 in Budapest, Hungary.
Hungarian ambassador to the United States
Varkonyi, Peter was born in 1931 in Budapest, Hungary.
Graduate, Academy Foreign Affairs. Doctor of Philosophy, Eotvos Lorand University of Science, Budapest, 1970.
Diplomatic missions to United States, 1951. Diplomatic missions to England, 1951. Diplomatic missions to Egypt, 1957—1958.
Head press department Hungarian Foreign Ministry, 1958—1961. Private section to Prime Minister Hungary, 1961—1965. Deputy department head, central committee Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, 1965—1969, member central committee, since 1975, secretary central committee, 1982—1983.
Secretary state as president Council Ministers' Information Office Hungary, 1969—1970. Foreign affairs minister Hungary, 1983—1989.
Hungarian Socialist Workers" Party (HSWP) Central Committee since 1975.
Married Julianna Kozak in 1951.