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Ferenc Havasi

(Piszke, 20/2/1929 - Tata, 3/6/1993)

First Vice-president - Executive Council (1975-1978)
Economicpolicy secretary - Central Committee of the Hungarian Workers' Party (1978-1987)
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Short bio

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.

Relations

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.

Tibor Palánkai

His research focused on the international integration, the economies of the developed countries, the European integration and Eastern European transformation after 1989/90.

József Marjai

Since his vice presidency he was the permanent representative of Hungary in the CMEA, he supervised the talks with the EEC and managed an active economic policy with the Western countries. He did not support to conclude a general trade agreeme...

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...

István Horváth

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.

Károly Németh

As the economic secretary of the Central Committee he was responsible for the preparation of proposals dealing with economic policy and foreign economy. As the member of the older generation party apparatchiks, he did not supported a radical o...

Key Documents

Engere Zusammenarbeit zwischen Ungarn und den Europäische Gemeinschaften. 18. Dezember 1981,” (letter from Helmut Schmidt to János Kádár)
MNL OL M-KS 288. f. 47. cs. 765. ő. e. 210–214 | 12-18

Schmidt stated that the political risks of Hungary’s stronger attachment to the European Community were evident. He argued that any attempt to establish closer links with the EEC would have far-reaching implications of high political importance. - Available here.

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