András INOTAI, born in 1943, Szombathely, Hungary. He achieved his first diploma at the Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest, in German and Spanish language and literature in 1967. During his university years he spent one year with a fellowship in Cuba (1964-65). In 1975 he received the PhD title based on the dissertation on the „Developmental integration of the Andean Group) and became doctor of science of the Hungarian Academy of Science in international economics with his book on „Direct capital flows in the world economy”.