Imre Pozsgay papers, bulk 1953-2005

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Summary

Creators:
Pozsgay, Imre
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.
Extent:
116 manuscript boxes, 1 optical disk (58.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
Hungarian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Imre Pozsgay papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
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
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1996.
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into eight series. Most of the materials are arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Imre Pozsgay papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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