US Diplomat Goodfriend To Leave Budapest Post
- 12 Feb 2015 8:01 AM
André Goodfriend, the US embassy’s deputy chief of mission, is leaving his post in Hungary to return home for family reasons, the US embassy said. Goodfriend served during a time of significant developments in Hungary and in our bilateral relations, Elizabeth Webster, the embassy’s spokeswoman, said.
“Enjoying the full support of senior leadership in Washington, he did an excellent job of promoting and explaining US policy in public and in private,” Webster said.
No specific date has been set for Goodfriend’s departure, but it will be in the near future, she said.
Goodfriend served as charge d’affaires from August 2013 until the arrival of Colleen Bradley Bell in January this year.
The outgoing diplomat came in the focus of media attention late last year, in connection with a US entry ban of Hungarian officials.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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