Rustem Vambery

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
President	Zoltán Tildy
Preceded by	Paul Marik
Succeeded by	Andrew Sik
Personal details
Born	(1872-02-29)29 February 1872 Pest, Hungary
Died	24 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.