Kinga Göncz
Kinga Göncz (born November 8, 1947 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former foreign minister of Hungary. She is the daughter of Árpád Göncz, former President of Hungary. She is fluent in English and German, is married being the mother of two adult children and the grandmother of two young boys. In 2009 she headed the MSZP European election list and was subsequently elected as 1 of the 22 Hungarian MEPs.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and daughter of Arpad Goncz , Kinga Göncz refused two demands made by Hilary Rodham Clinton and the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2007 and again in 2008 to return the landed and noble Baron Mór Lipot Herzog Art Collection. taken during the Looting and Occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany and the Soviet occupations of Hungary
Kinga Göncz refusal resulted in the U. S. Federal Lawsuit David L. de Csepel, et. al. v. Republic of Hungary. et. al. filed against the fifth Republic of Hungary (1989–Present) . The other four Republics are identified in the List of Heads of State of Hungary and are respectively ; 1. Hungarian Democratic Republic 1918-19 2. Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) 3. Republic of Hungary (1946–1949) 4. People’s Republic of Hungary (1949-1989) 5. Republic of Hungary (1989–Present).
On September 1. 2011, U. S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle denied the Republic of Hungary's Motion to Dismiss.
Curriculum vitae
Dr. Kinga Göncz – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1972 – Finished the Faculty of Medicine at the Semmelweis University of Medicine in Budapest. In 1978, specialized in Psychiatry, in the second half of the 1980s, specialized in Psychotherapy. In 2004 obtained the Diploma in Psychotherapy of the European Association for Psychotherapy.
- 1972-1978– Worked as a psychiatrist. Following this, she was a senior assistant at the National Medical Rehabilitation Institute, and took part in the development of the first social policy educational programs.
- 1989- Associate professor at the Social Policy and Social Work Department of the Institute for Sociology of ELTE University, Budapest, teaching among others communication skills development, mediation and organization development.
- 1994-2002 – Worked as the Director of Partners Hungary. The organization is a member of an American-founded international network, with the goal of the education of the culture of creative conflict management, techniques of democracy, negotiation techniques and change management. Within this, Dr. Kinga Göncz worked on the establishment of centers for the prevention and management of social conflicts in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and in the former Yugoslavia.
- 1990- Lectured at several universities abroad. Between 1998 and 2003, she taught the Social Psychology of Prejudice at the Human Rights Department at the Central European University.
- 2002- Political State Secretary of the Ministry for Health, Social and Family Affairs responsible for civil co-ordination. She was responsible for: the elaboration of the system of keeping contacts with state and non-governmental social policy related organizations, the professional leading of the work for the amendment of the law on social affairs, and the heading of the National Council on Aging and Older People, the Social Council, the National Council for the Issues of Disabled Persons and the Ministry’s Tripartite Council for the Reconciliation of Interests.
- June 15, 2004– Minister without portfolio for Equal Opportunities, responsible for disabled persons, Romas, the equal opportunities of women and men, co-operation with NGOs, and for the co-ordination of the fight against poverty and segregation.
- October 9, 2004 – August 6, 2006 – Minister of Youth, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. During her assignment at this position, she was responsible, besides the areas she managed as minister without portfolio for equal opportunities, for the heading of the welfare system, the system of family support, the area of caring for children and youth, the affairs of the elderly and pensions, the question of drugs, as well as consumer protection.
- September 6, 2006–2009 Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- June 7, 2009 - incumbent MEP
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Goncz, Kinga |
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November 8, 1947 |
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Budapest, Hungary |
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