Péter Szijjártó

Péter Szijjártó is a Hungarian politician who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary since September 23, 2014, in Viktor Orbán's government. 

He holds a master's degree in international relations and has been a member of the National Assembly since 2002.

After the parliamentary elections in Hungary on April 12, 2026, Péter Szijjártó disappeared from the public space, as the elections were won by the leader of the Tisza party, Péter Magyar. The latter stated that Szijjártó had shown up at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he was allegedly destroying documents in a shredder.

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