Csaba Kőrösi

Director of Environmental Sustainability at the Office of the President of Republic of Hungary and former Chair of SDG General Assembly Negotiations

In 2015 Csaba joined the Office of the President of the Republic of Hungary as head of Directorate for Environmental Sustainability. He is also the chief advisor (Sherpa) to the President, a member of the High Level Panel on Water.

From 2010 through 2014 has served as Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations in New York, and was Vice President of the 66th General Assembly. He has co-chaired the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.

Since 1983 when he joined the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he served in multiple positions, including Deputy State Secretary for Multilateral Diplomacy and Ambassador to Greece.

He speaks English, French, Arabic and Russian.

He has been decorated by Greece, Poland, Hungary, the Sovereign Maltese Order and has received the Elizabeth Haub Award for Environmental Diplomacy.