Rusztem Vámbéry (29 February 1872 in Budapest[1] – 24 October 1948, in New York[2]) was a judge, politician and criminologist of international standing.

Rustem Vambery
Rusztem Vámbéry in 1905
Hungarian Ambassador to the United States
In office
5 September 1947 – 2 May 1948
PresidentZoltán Tildy
Preceded byPaul Marik
Succeeded byAndrew Sik
Personal details
Born(1872-02-29)29 February 1872
Pest, Hungary
Died24 November 1948(1948-11-24) (aged 76)
New York City, United States
Rusztem Vámbéry (1905)

He was the son of the famed orientalist Ármin Vámbéry. Edward Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) was his godfather. He studied law in Halle and Budapest. In Hungary, he had opposed the policy of Béla Kun's Soviet Republic and Miklós Horthy's Regency. He lived in the U.S. from 1938, teaching at the New School for Social Research in New York.[3] He was the Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. from 5 September 1947 to 2 May 1948.

References

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  1. ^ "Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon". mek.niif.hu. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Vámbéry, Rusztem (Rustem Loránd Vilfried)". sterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon (in German). 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Two Men & a Robot". Time. May 31, 1948. Archived from the original on 2011-02-01. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
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