Barnabas Fodor

Personal data
Place and Date of Birth: Budapest, 20 December 1977
Marital status: married
Children: 2
Education
MA on Oriental Studies, Department of Semitic and Arabic Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1996-2003
BA on International Economics and International Marketing, Budapest Business School, University of Applied Sciences, Budapest, 2003-2010
Further studies
Business, economic and legal translations – English-Arabic, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2000-2001
Arabic Language Course, Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes, Tunis, Tunisia, 1997-1998
Professional Experience
2004-2006
Regional Sales Director – MENA Region, Herend Porcelain Manufactory Ltd.
2006
Joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
2006-2011
Commercial and Trade Officer, Embassy of Hungary in the State of Kuwait
08.01.2012-15.02.2012
Desk Officer for International Trade, Department of Trade and Economic Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest, Hungary
15.02.2012-30.04.2012
Desk Officer for China, Department of Asian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest, Hungary
01.05.2012-30.06.2013
Desk Officer for Egypt and Libya, Department of Middle East and North Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest, Hungary
01.07.2013-13.09.2015
Deputy Head of Mission, Consul, Embassy of Hungary in the State of Qatar
14.09.2015-31.12.2016
Desk Officer for EU and Schengen States, Consular and Citizenship Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest, Hungary
10.03.2017-05.09.2021
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in the State of Qatar
06.09.2022
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in the Sultanate of Oman
Decorations
Order of Al-Wajba, State of Qatar







