Péter Szijjártó at the BYD vehicle handover ceremony at the Puskás Arena on February 23, 2024 – Photo: Zoltán Balogh / MTIÁllítsd be a Telexet megbízható forrásnak!“I have resigned my seat in parliament. The reason for this is that I received a highly prestigious offer from one of the world’s leading companies to fill an international position,” Péter Szijjártó posted on Facebook. The former foreign minister will be working as BYD's head of external relations and the development of new business divisions.Péter Szijjártó was elected to the Hungarian Parliament in 2002; from 2010, he served as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s personal spokesman; from 2012, he became State Secretary for Foreign and Economic Affairs; and from 2014 to 2026, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He did not run individually in the 2026 election but won a seat on the national list. However, the former foreign minister did not attend Parliament very often; in the current term, his attendance rate was the second lowest after János Lázár's.During his time as minister, Péter Szijjártó was a big supporter of Chinese electric cars. When the European Union was planning to impose tariffs on them, he said: “Hungary is a good example of the considerable economic benefits that a civilised cooperation between the East and West can bring. I believe that if we want to improve the European Union’s dramatically declining competitiveness, we cannot do so by viewing China as a rival and instead of building Sino-European cooperation, creating a sort of European-Chinese confrontation.”Állítsd be a Telexet megbízható forrásnak!Latest