Gyula Szekér

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Gyula Szekér (born September 25, 1925 in Szombathely , Vas county ; † December 17, 2015 ) was a Hungarian politician, initially with the Party of Hungarian Working People MDP (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) and finally with the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party MSZMP (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt) , who was among other things Vice Prime Minister. Szekér was also an expert in the field of aluminum production and published numerous books on this.

Life

Vocational training and ministerial official

Szekér, whose father was employed as a stoker for the state railway MÁV ( Magyar Államvasutak ) , began training as a chemical laboratory technician in the aluminum factory Ajkai Timföldgyár és Alumíniumkohóba after attending elementary school in Celldömölk in 1940 . Between 1945 and 1946 he was a member of the National Small Farmers Party (Nemzeti Parasztpárt) and in 1947 volunteered in a youth brigade to build railways in Yugoslavia.After his return in April 1948, he joined the Communist Party (Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja) and after its dissolution the party of the Hungarian working people MDP (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) .

He then completed a chemistry degree from 1948 , which he completed in 1950. After completing his studies, he worked for five months at the Metallurgical Research Institute (Fémipari Kutató Intézet) before he was an apprentice at the Department of Electrometallurgy at the Moscow Institute for Light Metals and Iron between October 1950 and October 1953 .

After his return, Szekér worked in January 1954 at the Hungarian-Soviet bauxite and aluminum company MASZOBAL (Magyar-Szovjet Bauxit Alumínium Rt.) And in July 1954 he moved to the Ministry of Heavy Industry , where he was first vice-section head and then in September 1954 was appointed head of the section for the aluminum industry. He was then from November 1955 to July 30, 1956 Section Head in the Ministry of Chemical Industry and from July 30, 1956 Vice Minister for Chemical Industry.

On January 1, 1957, after the dissolution of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, he returned to the Ministry of Heavy Industry, where he was first Vice-Minister for the Chemical Industry and then, from May 2, 1957, Vice-Minister for Heavy Industry and finally from 20. March 1963 to May 12, 1971 First Vice Minister for Heavy Industry. In the meantime he was on November 24, 1962 at the 8th party congress of the MSZMP first to the candidate and at the IX. Party Congress on December 3, 1966 as a member of the Central Committee (ZK) of the MSZMP elected, which he until the XIII. Party Congress on March 28, 1985.

Minister of Heavy Industry and Vice-Prime Minister

Subsequently, on May 12, 1971, Szekér was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Jenő Fock as Minister for Heavy Industry and held this ministerial office until May 15, 1975. He was primarily responsible for questions relating to energy supply. The competence of the first-class specialist increased his political influence.

He was then in the government of Fock's successor György Lázár, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers until June 27, 1980, while Pál Simon succeeded him as Minister for Heavy Industry. Between 1973 and 1978 he was also the permanent representative of Hungary to the Council for Mutual Economic Aid (Comecon), an international organization of socialist states under the leadership of the Soviet Union during the Cold War . His political influence waned when József Marjai entered the cabinet in April 1978 and replaced Szekér as permanent representative at Comecon. However, on April 22, 1978 he succeeded Ferenc Havasi as a member of the Committee for National Defense (Honvédelmi Bizottság) .

After leaving the government, he acted as director of the MSZH (Magyar Szabványügyi Hivatal) Office for Standardization from June 27, 1980 until his retirement on March 15, 1989 . In addition, he was from June 27, 1980 to June 27, 1984 chairman of the National Committee for Technological Development OMFB (Országos Műszaki Fejlesztési Bizottság) , of which he had been a member of the board since 1970.

Publications

  • A magyar vegyipar helyzete és fejlesztése , co-authors Ferenc Szerb and László Bontó, 1965
  • Kemizálás a népgazdaságban , 1970
  • Nemzetközi Konferenciája a Szinesfémek Gazdaságos Felhasználáról , 1974
  • Alumíniumiparunk és a szocialista gazdasági integráció , 1975, ISBN 9-63090-383-0
  • Magyar gazdaság, világgazdaság , 1978
  • Aljuminievaja promyšlennost 'Vengrii i socialističeskaja integracija , co-author AP Samojlova, 1979
  • Az alumíniumprogram , 1979
  • Iparfejlesztés, műszaki fejlesztés , 1982
  • Ipar és műszaki fejlesztés hazánkban az 1980-as években , 1984, ISBN 9-63053-626-9
  • A kemizálás és a magyar vegyipar , 1985, ISBN 9-63106-508-1

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Szekér, Gyula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian communist politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Szombathely , Vas county
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 2015