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Barcs, Sándor

Journalist, smallholders’ politician. 1949: People’s Judge in the Rajk Trial, 1948-: President, Hungarian Radio, 1950–1980: General Director, Hungarian News Agency. 1953–1975: and 1978–1989: Member, Presidential Council of Hungary, 1949–1990: MP.

Bánk, Attila

Lawyer, politician. During the political transition he was an expert, later one of the leaders of the Indipendent Smallholders' Party. 1997-2000: MP, leader of his party's fraction in the parliament. In the course of the inner-party conflicts he expelled from the party the president József Torgyán. He failed to found a new political party. He left the public life and returned to be a solicitor.

Bálint, György

Horticulturist. He was landowner until 1948 having estates at Gyöngyös and Gyöngyöshalmaj. In 1942 he was brought to labour service, in 1944 was brought forcibly to the extermination camps of Mauthausen and later of Gunskirchen. In 1948 he was classified as "kulak". He moved to Budapest. He worked as agronomist of the State Farms of Mány since 1953. In 1959 he became chief gardener at the Central Offices of the State Farms of Fejér County. In 1964 he was employed as assessor of the State Insurance Company.

Apró, József

Toolmaker. 1955–6: member of Petőfi Circle. Head of Kispest national guard in 1956. Left country in December and settled in Melbourne, Australia. Returned with his family in 2001.

Andorka, Rudolf

Lawyer, sociologist, university professor. Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. 1956: active in the Revolutionary Committee of Hungarian Intellectuals, 1957: sentenced to 5 months’ imprisonment, 1984-: Head of Sociology Department, 1991-: Rector at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences.

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