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Frigyes Puja (2 February 1921 – 5 July 2008) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

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Pannonia Press, 1983, p. 92 between 1973 and 1983. He worked as a

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from 1934 until the end of the

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. Then he entered to the

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. He was the Hungarian ambassador to

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between 1953 and 1955. After that he represented Hungary in

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and

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. Between 1959 and 1963 he served as deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. After that he was the party's (then already

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) Central Committee's head of the Department of Foreign Affairs. In 1973 he was appointed minister. From 1983 he served as ambassador to

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. He had many publications about the Hungarian foreign policy. In 1988 Puja published his biography.

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1921 births 2008 deaths People from Battonya Hungarian Communist Party politicians Members of the Hungarian Working People's Party Members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Foreign ministers of Hungary Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1975–1980) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1980–1985) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1985–1990) Ambassadors of Hungary to Sweden Ambassadors of Hungary to Finland Ambassadors of Hungary to Denmark Ambassadors of Hungary to Austria Ambassadors of Hungary to Norway {{Hungary-politician-stub