János Péter

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The native form of this personal name is Péter János. This article uses the Western name order.

János Péter

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
In office 13 September 1961 – 14 December 1973
Preceded by	Endre Sík
Succeeded by	Frigyes Puja
Personal details
Born	1910
Died	1999
Political party	MSZMP
Profession	politician

János Péter (1910–1999) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1961 and 1973. Prior to that, he was a Calvinist bishop.

Dean Rusk, the US Secretary of State (Janos' US counterpart), reported that Peter had attempted to defraud the United States by pretending to be in contact with the government of North Vietnam. Rusk engaged in what he at the time believed to be serious negotiations to end the war in Vietnam. However, a defector named János Radványi later informed Rusk that "that Peter was not in an effective contact with Hanoi, and that they had had no encouragement from Hanoi about the things that Peter was saying to me." Rusk came to believe that the Peter overture "was an instance that was just a plain fraud."^[1]

References

↑ D. Rusk, LBJ Oral History Collection, Interview II, p. 14

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Political offices
Preceded by Endre Sík	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1961–1973	Succeeded by Frigyes Puja

v t e Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Esterházy K. Batthyány

Kingdom of Hungary	Festetics Wenckheim K. Tisza Orczy Szőgyény-Marich Fejérváry L. Tisza Andrássy Fejérváry Jósika D. Bánffy M. Széchényi Széll G. Széchényi Khuen-Héderváry I. Tisza Khuen-Héderváry Fejérváry Zichy Khuen-Héderváry Lukács Burián I. Tisza Roszner T. Batthyány Zichy

Transition period	T. Batthyány M. Károlyi Berinkey Harrer Kun Pogány Kun Ágoston Tánczos Lovászy Somssich

Regency	Simonyi-Semadam Teleki Im. Csáky Teleki Gratz Teleki M. Bánffy Daruváry Bethlen Scitovszky Walko G. Károlyi Walko Puky Gömbös Kánya Imrédy Is. Csáky Teleki Bárdossy Keresztes-Fischer Kállay Ghyczy Sztójay Hennyey

Transition period	Kemény Gyöngyösi Mihályfi Molnár Rajk

Communist Hungary	Kállai Kiss Molnár Boldóczki Horváth Nagy Horváth Sík Péter Puja Várkonyi Horn

Republic of Hungary	Jeszenszky Kovács Martonyi Kovács Somogyi Göncz Balázs Martonyi

Authority control	VIAF: 63025246 ISNI: 0000 0001 1066 8838

Persondata
Name	Peter, Janos
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian politician
Date of birth	1910
Place of birth
Date of death	1999
Place of death

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