Amerikai Magyar Hírlap, 2016 (28. évfolyam, 14-50. szám)

2016-04-01 / 14. szám

Hungary Bestows State Certificate Of Honor Upon L.A. County Supervisor Michael Antonovich For His Distinguished Record Of Support And Friend­ship For Hungary And The Southern California Hungarian Community On March 22, 2016, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors welcomed a Hungarian govern­ment delegation headed by State Secretary Levente Magyar to Southern California. The visit of this high level delegation to the United States was to establish even closer ties between Hungary and this country, especially in the commercial and the economic spheres, which the County also promotes. State Secretary Magyar was greeted by Supervisor Michael Antonovich, who presented the delegation with Los Angeles County’s scroll of official welcome. In his responding remarks, State Secretary Magyar thanked the Board for the opportunity of meeting with them. Then, acting on behalf of the Hungarian government and people, State Secretary Magyar presented Supervisor Antonovich with Hungary’s State Certificate of Honor and read the certificate’s citation which is as follows: “HON. MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH Supervisor, County of Los Angeles In recognition of exceptional, meritorious contributions and great goodwill and friendship demonstrated over two decades in strengthening important ties between Hungary and the United States, to include: promoting Hungary’s 1998 inclusion in NATO; supporting and enhancing the cultural life of the Hungarian American com­munity of Southern California; and, Los Angeles County’s solidarity in annually commemorating and honoring the historic Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which marked the Hungarian people’s courageous fight for freedom and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union and communist oppression in Eastern Europe.” The State Secretary’s remarks were listened to with great attention by the Board . The Hungarian group, consisting of 20 persons, was the largest of several community groups appearing before the Board. At the end of the presentation, the president of the Southern California chapter of the World Federation of Hungarian Freedom Fighters, Dr. Lajos Harsanyi, and his wife, Andrea, privately presented Supervisor Antonovich with a silver coin commemorating the 50th anniversary of the glorious Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The entire event was captured on TV by the County’s closed-circuit system which was played on cable TV the next evening on channel KLCS. DUNA TV producer Janos Hasulyo filmed the event for the Hungarian national audience. A large group of Hungarian diplomats led by State Secretary Magyar and Consul General (Ambassador) Dr. László Kalman along with local community leaders participated in the event to include: other members of the Hungarian government delegation - Daniel Mendelenyi, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Gergely Janzso, Deputy Head of Department for North America; Anikó Kubatov, Head of Department for Foreign Trade ; Alyna Gelenyi, Endre Kovács, and Marton Kovács; other diplomats from the Consulate - Dr. István Gróf, Consul; Dr. Edina Polgar , Consul; Tamas Kovács, Trade Commissioner; Ákos Kerek , Chief Financial Officer. Also present was Csilla Székely, Hungarian government cultural representative. Hungarian community leaders present included: Miklós Perehazy, President, United Hungarian House of Los Angeles; Almos Sárvári, Vice President, United Hungarian House; Eva Balog-Sipos, United Hun­garian House; George Matsik, owner, American Hungarian Diary (Napló) journal; Dr. Lajos Harsanyi, Pres., So. Cal. Chptr., World Federation of Hungarian Freedom Fighters; Andrea Harsanyi, and, Dr. Frank de Balogh, LAC Commissioner. In summary, official recognition by the Hungarian government of Supervisor Antonovich’s distin­guished record of support for Hungary over two decades was agreed by all attending as both well-deserved and noteworthy. The initiative for that recognition came from an official request on behalf of the South­ern California Hungarian American community to Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto by Commissioner Frank de Balogh, Commissioner Andrew Friedman, and Miklós Perehazy, president, Magyar Haz, which was approved. Commissioner de Balogh coordinated the Hungarian group’s appearance before the Board of Supervi­sors on behalf of Supervisor Antonovich along with Cameron Rankin of the Supervisor’s staff. FARMERS AUTO * HOME * LIFE Gets You Back Where You Belong 21st Century insurance customers CALL & SAVE UP TO 18 % ON YOUR HOMEOWNERS DIRECT * NO BROKER FEE 818 SUBSCRIBE TO THE HÍRLAP - amhir.com Dr. Andrew Friedman Attorney had a private meeting with Hun­garian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his Parliament office where they discussed numerous issues of interest to our community. Hungary’s Diplomatic Representation Expands In San Francisco The official opening of Hungary’s new diplomatic mission, the Vice Consulate of Hungary in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a Trade and Investment Representative, took place on March 21, 2016, in the Techmart Center, in Santa Clara, California. The office was just a formal step in the longtime efforts to develop and strengthen the cooperation in innovation between Hungary and the San Francisco Bay Area, to find partners for joint research and commercialization, and to support high-tech entrepreneurs in the Hungarian start-up scene. Mr. Levente Magyar, the State Secretary for Economic Diplo­macy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, lead the delegation from Hungary. Ambassador László Kálmán, Consul General in Los Ange­les, which oversees the Vice Consulate, provided welcoming remarks, followed by Sean Randolph, senior director, Bay Area Economic Coun­cil, who stressed the important contribution of Hungarians and other EU entrepreneurs in the SF Bay Area. Ms. Teresa O’Neill, vice mayor of Santa Clara, gave a histori­cal perspective of Santa Clara, the phenomenal expansion of the tech industry and the current challenges of the city and the region that such success brings. Mr. Magyar offered a presentation of Hungary as a hub of inno­vation and entrepreneurship in Central Europe, and stressed the government’s commitment to bolstering investment and economic relations to form a bridge with Silicon Valley. The ceremony concluded with a ribbon cutting and reception for the representatives of the busi­ness community. Balázs Erdei assumed his duties as the new Trade and Investment Representative, effective March 21, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA. The first diplomatic mission, the Honorary Consulate General in San Francisco was opened in 1993 by Eva Voisin. She also founded the Hungarian American Chamber Of Commerce in the US in 1990. In both capacities she will continue to assist Northern California with Hungarian consular and business matters. Both offices, located in Sili­con Valley, will continue their collaboration, started 10 year ago, when Erdei was posted in WDC. The delegation also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UC Berkeley’s Hass Business School, covering a wide range of aca­demic and joint research sectors. This was an important step for Hungary. Until 1990, Hungary’s diplomatic representation was limited to the East Coast, the Embassy in WDC and the Consulates General in New York and Chicago. The diplomatic cooperation expanded to California only after the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1990 when the Consulate General was- established in Los Angeles in 1992, followed in 1993 by the Honorary Consulate General in San Francisco. With the new Trade and Investment office, Hungary’s resources and visibility has greatly increased and will expand our large networks and benefit Hungarian entrepreneurs. Dr. EVA E. VOISIN, Esq. Honorary Consul General of Hungary in San Francisco, Califor­nia evoisiti@ix.netcom.com Advertise your business in the HÍRLAP, widely read by the Hungarian community! 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