00:02Hungary's former foreign minister has resigned as lawmaker and has taken an executive position with Chinese electric automaker BYD.
00:11Peter Siharto announced his move on a social media post on Wednesday.
00:15Peter Siharto, an ally of nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban, wrote on Facebook that he had received a highly prestigious
00:23offer from the world's top electric carmaker.
00:26He will be responsible for the group's external relations and the development of new business lines.
00:32Since he lost his position as foreign minister after Orban and his far-right Fidesz party lost a landslide election
00:39in April, Siharto had been absent for most parliamentary votes and rarely appeared in public.
00:46In 2023, Siharto announced that his now employer BYD would open its first European factory in Hungary to skirt European
00:55Union import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles imposed to protect the continent's domestic auto manufacturing sector.
01:03As Hungary's foreign affairs and trade minister, Siharto played a central role in talks with BYD on bringing the plant
01:11to Hungary.
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