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Title: Imre Pozsgay papers
Date (bulk): 1953-2005
Collection Number: 96064
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Hungarian
Physical Description:
116 manuscript boxes
(58.0 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Pozsgay, Imre
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Imre Pozsgay papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
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.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into eight series. Most of the materials are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Statesmen -- Hungary