János Péter

János Péter (1970)

János Péter (born October 28, 1910 in Alsónyék , Szekszárd small area , Tolna county ; † February 26, 1999 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian clergyman of the Reformed Church in Hungary and a politician of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party MSZMP (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt) , who among others was bishop of the Reformed Church in Eastern Hungary between 1949 and 1956 and foreign minister of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1961 to 1973 .

Life

Clergyman and Bishop of the Reformed Church

Péter, the son of a railroad worker, attended high schools in Mezőtúr and Baja and then began studying at the Reformed Theological Academy in Budapest in 1931. After studying abroad in Paris and Glasgow , he completed his studies in 1935 and became chaplain of the Reformed Church in Budapest, where he worked at Bethesda Hospital from 1936 to 1945. After the end of the Second World War , he joined the diplomatic service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1945 and initially worked in the peace negotiations department. As such, he was a member of the delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1946 , at which, among other things, the amount of war reparations was agreed. After his return he was head of the secretariat of the then President Zoltán Tildy from 1946 to 1949 and subsequently of his successor Árpád Szakasits . He then participated in the from representing Hungary World Peace Council organized World Peace Congress in Warsaw in part.

In November 1949, Péter succeeded Imre Révész as bishop of the Reformed Church in Eastern Hungary (Tiszántúli Református Egyházkerület) based in Debrecen and held this office until October 31, 1956.

Member of Parliament, Foreign Minister and Deputy Speaker of Parliament

Péter was first in addition to his episcopal activity on 17 May 1953 as a contestant on the common list of Hungarian Independent Popular Front MFN (Magyar Függetlenségi Népfront) and the Patriotic People's Front HNF (Hazafias Népfront) as a deputy in the Hungarian Parliament (Országgyűlés) elected and was this for almost 37 years until March 16, 1990. During his membership in parliament he was between May 9, 1957 and September 13, 1961 a member of the Presidium of the National Assembly.

After finishing his activity as bishop Péter was from December 1956 to 1957 government representative at the Institute for Cultural Relations. Subsequently, he acted first from February 19, 1958 to September 13, 1961 as First Deputy Foreign Minister, before he became Foreign Minister (Külügyminiszter) on September 13, 1961 as the successor to Endre Sík . He held this ministerial post until December 14, 1973 and was then replaced by Frigyes Puja .

Péter, who joined the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party MSZMP (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt) as a member in 1961 , was on December 3, 1966 at the IX. Party congress of the MSZMP elected to the Central Committee (ZK) and belonged to it until May 22, 1988. After leaving the government, he became Vice-President of the National Assembly on December 19, 1973 and was, as such, one of the deputies of Parliament President Antal Apró or his successors István Sarlós and István Stadinger until October 1988 .

Web links

• Entry in Történelmi Tár (Hungarian)
• Hungary: Key Ministries (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tibor Bártha was elected as his successor as bishop of the Reformed Church in Eastern Hungary in 1958 .
2. ↑ Péter represented the following constituencies in Parliament: May 17, 1953 to February 24, 1963 Hajdú-Bihar County, February 24, 1963 to March 19, 1967 Budapest list, March 19, 1967 to April 25, 1971 Budapest No. 45, 25. April 1971 to June 8, 1980 Tolna No. 1, June 8, 1980 to June 8, 1985 Budapest No. 30 and most recently June 8, 1985 to March 16, 1990 National List.