András Simonyi

András Simonyi (born 16 May 1952) is a former Hungarian ambassador, transportation economist, and author. He was the Hungarian ambassador to the United States between 2002 and 2007. He was also Hungary's first ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Simonyi plays guitar in a rock band, The Coalition of the Willing (est.2003) with guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter which has Anthony Blinken as a regular guest.

He is the author of "Rocking Toward a Free World: When the Stratocaster beat the Kalashnikov" (Hatchette, 2019) about the influence of rock. He has appeared several times on ''The Colbert Report''. Provided by Wikipedia