Count József Adolf Somssich de Saárd (9 December 1864 – 22 January 1941) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

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between 1919 and 1920. Until the First World War he worked for some of embassies (

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, Berlin, Paris). Between 1920 and 1924 he served as ambassador to

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. Somssich was a member of the

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. Somssich's wife was Countess Kamilla Szőgyény-Marich (1876–1966), a daughter of a former diplomat and minister Count László Szőgyény-Marich. Their wedding was held in

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in 1899, the event was also attended by the

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1864 births 1941 deaths Politicians from Graz People from the Duchy of Styria Foreign ministers of Hungary Hungarian people of the Hungarian–Romanian War Ambassadors of Hungary to the Holy See {{Hungary-politician-stub