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New Permanent Representative of Hungary Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Presentation of Credentials

Zoltán Turbék, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Mr. Turbék served as Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d’Affaires at the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations Office at Geneva from 2023 to 2025.  He served as Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2020 to 2023, after being Deputy Director from 2019 to 2020.  He served as Senior Legal Specialist at the Energy and Climate Diplomacy Department from 2018 to 2019. 

From 2025 to 2026, Mr. Turbék worked as an independent expert specialised in artificial intelligence governance and multilateral diplomacy.  From 2021 to 2025, he concurrently served as Head of Delegation in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, set up by the Council of Europe to draft the first-ever treaty regulating artificial intelligence, as well as other positions related to artificial intelligence. 

Mr. Turbék served as the Legal Focal Point to the Emergencies Programme at the World Health Organization in Geneva from 2017 to 2018.  He worked at the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in New York from 2014 to 2017.  From 2011 to 2013, he held positions at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. Beginning his career in 2005 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Mr. Turbék worked as a legal officer across multiple departments until 2011. 

Mr Turbék holds a master’s degree in law from the Eötvös Loránd University, School of Law in Hungary.  He also holds diplomas pertaining to international nuclear law and artificial intelligence and international law. 

 

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