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István Horváth

(Budapest, 1/2/1943)

Fellow - Department for Economic Policy in the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1979-1983)
Ambassador of Hungary in Hague (1983-1984)
Ambassador of Hungary in Bonn (1984-1990)
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Short bio

One of the young reformist inside the party apparatus. As ambassador in Bonn, he intensified the Hungarian–West-German relations, he urged and promoted to conclude a general, political agreement with the EEC.

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Péter Várkonyi

As a conservative Communist politician actively supported the censorship in the Public Relations Office. As a minister he intended to avoid any risky action in foreign policy.

Mátyás Szűrös

As one of the Central Committee secretaries he was responsible for the foreign policy of the state party. He supported to manage a rapprochement with the EEC.

Ferenc Havasi

As the supervisor of the economic policy was involved in the negotiations with the EEC, he urged and promoted the new wave of economic reforms during the 1980s.

Gyula Horn

One of the leading figures of the younger reformist wing of the party. Since 1982-83 he wished and urged a rapprochement with the EEC. In 1987-88 he was the member of the Committee for International Economic Relations, when the agreement betwe...

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