Jánosné Keserű

Jánosné Keserű (1979)

Jánosné Keserű (birth name: Etelka Bérci ; born August 26, 1925 in Gyoma , Békés county ; † April 1, 2018 ) was a Hungarian politician of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party MSZMP (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt), who was minister for domestic trade between 1967 and 1971 and then from 1971 to 1980 Minister for Light Industry.

Life

Etelka Keserű, daughter of a master mason, worked as a bank clerk until 1944 after graduating from business school. In 1945 she joined the Communist Party KMP (Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja) and worked between 1948 and 1949 as an employee in the cadre department of the Association of University and College Employees MEFESZ (Magyar Egyetemisták és Főiskolások Szövetsége) . In 1950 she began studying economics at the Karl Marx University of Economics MKKE (Marx Károly Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetem) , from which she graduated in 1952 with a diploma.

After graduation, she worked for a year in the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, before they then fourteen years from 1953 to 1967 employee of the Economic Department of the Central Committee (CC) of the product derived from the KMP Hungarian Working People's Party MDP (Magyar Dolgozók partja) or the fact after the popular uprising , the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party MSZMP (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt) was.

She was appointed Deputy Minister for Internal Trade on January 12, 1967.

As part of a government reshuffle was on May 12, 1971 as Minister of Light Industry (Könnyűipari Miniszter) in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jenő Fock called and held this ministerial post in the government of jibs successor György Lázár until December 31, 1980th

During this time she was a member of the Hungarian National Council of Women MNOT (Magyar Nők Országos Tanácsa) from 1971 to 1990 . Furthermore, she was on March 22, 1975 at the XI. Party Congress also elected as a member of the Central Committee of the MSZMP and belonged to this until the XIII. Congress on March 28, 1985.

After the Ministry of Light Industry such as the Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine Industry and the Ministry of Heavy Industry were dissolved on December 31, 1980 and merged into a single office of the Minister of Industry, she became Co-President of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce MKK on January 1, 1981 (Magyar Kereskedelmi Kamara) and held this office until 1986.

Web links

• Entry in Történelmi Tár (Hungarian)
• Upheaval in Hungary 1985-1990 - government lists ( Herder Institute (Marburg) )
• Entry in the Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership