Csaba Hámori

Csaba Hámori (born November 22, 1948 in Budakeszi , Pest County ) is a former Hungarian politician of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party MSZMP (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt) and the Hungarian Socialist Party MSZP (Magyar Szocialista Párt) , who was first secretary between 1984 and 1988 of the Communist Youth Association KISZ. On the XIII. Party Congress on March 28, 1985, he was elected a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the MSZMP and belonged to this top management body of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party until June 24, 1989.

Life

Studies, youth functionary and first secretary of the KISZ

Hámori, son of a family of intellectuals, began after the visit of the Attila József - Gymnasium in Budapest in 1967 to study chemistry at the Technical University of Budapest BME (Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem) , graduating in 1973 with a diploma. He then worked until 1980 as an assistant professor for thermal energy and thermal theory at the Department of Energy at BME.

At the same time, Hámori, who joined the MSZMP in 1970, began his political career at the KISZ (Magyar Kommunista Ifjúsági Szövetség) , the youth association of the MSZMP, initially between 1973 and 1976 as a member of the youth committee of the KISZ at the BME, of which he was secretary 1975 to 1976 was. In 1975 he moved to the central management of the KISZ and worked there in the organization department.

In June 1977 he became First Secretary of the KISZ in Budapest and held this position until February 1980. At the same time he was a member of the secretariat and the executive committee of the KISZ between 1977 and 1989. From 1980 to 1984 he was first secretary of the MSZMP in the XIX, which consisted of Kispest . District of Budapest.

On December 7, 1984 he returned to KISZ and succeeded György Fejti as first secretary of KISZ and held this position for four years until he was replaced by Imre Nagy in November 1988. At the same time, on December 7, 1984, he became a member of the Central Committee the MSZMP. He was also on the XIII. Party Congress on March 28, 1985 was elected a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the MSZMP and was a member of this top management body of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party until June 24, 1989. During this period he also graduated from the party college of the MSZMP and was a member of the youth committee of the MSZMP, of which he was chairman from July to December 1988.

MP

In addition, on June 8, 1985, he was elected for the first time as a candidate of the MSZMP for Member of Parliament (Országgyűlés) and was a member of this until 1994.

After finishing his work as First Secretary of the KISZ, he became First Secretary of the MSZMP in Pest County on November 11, 1988 and remained in this post until 1989 when he was elected head of Pest County. During this time he was also a member of the Political Administration Committee of the MSZMP, established in December 1988.

After the dissolution of the MSZMP, Márothy joined the Hungarian Socialist Party MSZP, which was founded on October 6, 1989, and was elected to its national executive committee in May 1990. At the same time he also joined the parliamentary group of the MSZP and was last from 1990 to 1994 representative of the constituency Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok in parliament. In addition, he was temporarily chairman of the MSZP in Pest County. Most recently he became a member of the board of the Left Bloc (Baloldali Tömörülés) in 1996 and its vice-president in 2001.

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• Entry in Történelmi Tár (Hungarian)