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Title: Imre Pozsgay papers
Dates: 1930-2005
Date (bulk): (bulk 1953-2005)
Collection Number: 96064
Creator: Pozsgay, Imre
Collection Size:
116 manuscript boxes
(58 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Documents relating to political conditions in Hungary during the communist and post-communist periods: speeches and writings,
correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, minutes, bulletins, serial issues, printed matter, and audiovisual materials.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
Hungarian
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Imre Pozsgay papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1996.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| 26 November 1933 | Born, Kóny, Hungary |
| 1948-1952 | Studied at College of Horticulture, Fertőd, Hungary |
| 1950-1957 | Member of the Magyar Dolgozók Pártja, or MDP (the Hungarian Workers' Party, or HWP) |
| 1952-1957 | Studied at Lenin Institute, Budapest, Hungary; graduated from the Department of History and Marxism-Leninism |
| 1957-1989 | Member of the Magyar Szocialista Munkás Párt, or MSZMP (the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, or HSWP) |
| 1957-1968 | Leader of several sub-organizations within the HSWP Bács-Kiskun County Committee |
| 1968-1969 | Secretary, the HSWP Bács-Kiskun County Committee |
| 1970 | Head of Press Section, HSWP Central Committee |
| 1971-1975 | Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the HSWP journal Társadalmi Szemle |
| 1975-1976 | Hungarian Deputy Minister of Education and Culture |
| 1976-1982 | Hungarian Minister of Education and Culture |
| 1982-1988 | Secretary General of the Hazafias Népfront, or HNF (the Patriotic Popular Front, or PPF) |
| 1983-1994 | Member of the Hungarian Parliament |
| 1988-1990 | Hungarian Minister of State |
| 1989-1990 | Co-founder and deputy chairman of the Magyar Szocialista Párt, or MSZP (the Hungarian Socialist Party, or HSP) |
| 1991-1996 | Co-founder and later chairman of the Nemzeti Demokrata Szövetség, or NDSZ (National Democratic Union, or NDU) |
| 1991-2003 | Professor of Political Sciences, Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary |
| 1995-2000 | Rector of St. László University, Budapest |
Scope and Content of Collection
Documents relating to political conditions in Hungary during the communist and post-communist periods: speeches and writings,
correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, minutes, bulletins, serial issues, printed matter, and audiovisual materials.
The collection is organized into eight series. Most of the materials are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1989
Hungary--Politics and government--1989-
Statesmen--Hungary.