István Kertész (later known as Stephen Denis Kertesz) (April 8, 1904–January 26, 1986) was a Hungarian diplomat who represented

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during the peace talks following

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Biography

He was born on April 8, 1904 in

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, Hungary, to Lajos and Mária (Stolcz) Kertesz. He received a Dr. Jur. from the

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in 1926, and a diploma from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Paris in 1928.Bognár. During the

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, worked in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1943-1944, made efforts to convey the intentions of Admiral

Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( hu, Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós; ; English: Nicholas Horthy; german: Nikolaus Horthy Ritter von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957), was a Hungarian admiral and dictator who served as the Regent o ...

to surrender to the Allied powers in order to avoid further damage to the country. After the war, Kertész opposed the Soviet takeover of Hungary and tried to avert the Allied demand to expel the German minority from Hungary. In 1946, Kertész represented the Hungarian government at the Paris Peace Conference. Later, he fled Hungary and emigrated to the

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, where he lectured on diplomacy and international relations.

Works

* Stephen Kertesz, ''Diplomacy in a Whirlpool'' (Greenwood Press, London 1974, reprint of the 1953 edition) * Stephen Kertesz, ''Diplomacy in a Changing World'' (Greenwood Press, London 1974, reprint of the 1959 edition) * Stephen Kertesz, “The Expulsion of the Germans from Hungary: A Study in Postwar Diplomacy”, ''The Review of Politics'', Vol. 15, no. 2 (April 1953) pp. 179–208 * Stephen Kertesz (ed.), ''Nuclear Non-Proliferation in a World of Nuclear Powers'' (Notre Dame, IN, 1967) * Stephen Kertesz, ''The Last European Peace Conference, Paris 1946, Conflict of Values'' (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985

* Stephen Kertesz, ''Between Russia and the West: Hungary and the Illusions of Peacemaking, 1945-1947'' (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1984)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kertesz, Istvan 1904 births 1986 deaths Hungarian diplomats Ambassadors of Hungary to Italy Hungarian emigrants to the United States

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