Géza Gábor Herczegh (17 October 1928 - 11 January 2010) was a Hungarian judge and academic. In 1990, Herczegh was appointed to the

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. From 1993 to 2003, he was unanimously elected by the United Nations to one of the

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, succeeding

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. He filled the remaining year of Lachs' nine-year term and was re-elected to a full term in 1994. In 2003, he was succeeded by

Peter Tomka Peter Tomka (born 1 June 1956) is a Slovak judge of the International Court of Justice. Prior to his election to the ICJ in 2003, Tomka was a Slovak diplomat. Early life and education Tomka was born in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. He earne ...

. His daughter, Judge Anita Herczegh, is married to

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, former

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. His successor at the ICJ, Tomka, described him as "a dedicated and open-minded judge interested in finding areas of consensus."Tomka, Peter. 2019. "Judge Géza Herczegh – The First Hungarian at the International Court of Justice." ''Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law'' 1, https://www.elevenjournals.com/tijdschrift/HYIEL/2019/1/HYIEL_2666-2701_2019_007_001_008

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