 Following the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he was employed at the Hungarian Embassy in Vienna, where he was appointed Head of the Repatriation Committee (1957–1960).Returning home, he became Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' 2nd Territorial Department (1960–1963).He served as Envoy, then Ambassador to Sweden from 1963 to 1969, also accredited to Iceland (1963–1969) and Norway (1963–1967).