On the occasion of the day national of Hungary, 20 August, the President of Hungary H.E. János Áder awarded Gábor Dzsingisz, former State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, former mayor of Haaksbergen, member of the board of the Barankovics Foundation, former agricultural attaché of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Budapest; in recognition of his work to develop Hungarian agriculture and to strengthen the reputation of Hungary abroad, the Commander’s Cross with the Star of the Hungarian Order of Merit.
The decoration was handed over by Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén on 28 August. The ceremony was attended by family members, friends and politicians, among others Ákos Urbán, President of the Hungarian Federation of the Netherlands and Ambassador András Kocsis.
