H.E. Mr. János Martonyi became Minister of Foreign Affairs after the elections this year.  Previously, in 2002-2009, he was a full-time professor and managing partner in the law firm Martonyi és Kajtár Baker & McKenzie, Budapest. During his impressive career, he was head of department, and then senior head of department at the Foreign Trade and Trade ministries from 1984. In 1989-1990 he was government commissioner in charge of privatization. In 1990-91, he served as State Secretary in the Ministry of International Economic Relations and in 1991-1994, as State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1998-2002, he was Foreign Minister in the centre-right government of Hungary. As an international arbitrator, he is a member of the Board of the Permanent Arbitration Court of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is actively involved in politics as the President of the Free Europe Centre for European Integration of the Fidesz Hungarian Civic Union, a member of the Executive Board of the Centre for European Studies, a foundation of the European People's Party based in Brussels, a member of the Batthyány Society of Professors and a member of the advisory board of the weekly Heti Válasz. He is a permanent guest of the Fidesz presidium, a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Chairman of the Nézőpont Institute, Budapest.