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Pál Szalai


Pál Szalai (September 3, 1915 – January 16, 1994) also spelled Pál Szalay and anglicized as Paul Sterling was a high-ranking member of the Budapest police force and the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party during World War II. He was honored as Righteous among the Nations on April 7, 2009. He was born in Budapest on September 3, 1915. In the Hungarian Boy Scouts in 1929 he became friends with Károly Szabó. This friendship continued in the critical months 1944 - 1945 while Pál Szalai, high-ranking
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Pál Szalai


member of the police force supported Raoul Wallenberg. Szalai was from 1939 to 1942 an idealistic member of the Arrow Cross Party. He left the party in 1942 disillusioned, and returned to a high-ranking police force position in October 1944 to help people in mortal danger from the Holocaust. Szalai's friend Károly Szabó was employee of the Swedish Embassy. Dr. Otto Fleischmann Doctor of Medicine and psychologist of the Swedish Embassy motivated Károly Szabó to play active role in the rescue actions of Raoul Wallenberg. Pál Szalai supported his friend with
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as Hungarian Arrow Cross Party members occupied the Embassy building on Gyopár street. He rescued 36 kidnapped employees from the Budapest ghetto. This action attracted Raoul Wallenberg's interest. He agreed to meet Szabó's influential friend, Pál Szalai, a high-ranking member of the police force The meeting was in the night of December 26. This meeting was preparation to save the Budapest ghetto in January 1945. Pál Szalai provided Raoul Wallenberg with special favors and government information. In the second week of January 1945, Raoul Wallenberg found out
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Károly Szabó


. This action attracted Raoul Wallenberg's interest. He agreed to meet Szabó's influential friend, Pál Szalai, a high-ranking member of the police force. The meeting took place in the night of December 26. This meeting was preparation to save the Budapest ghetto in January 1945. Pál Szalai was honored as Righteous among the Nations 04.7.2009. The last meeting between Wallenberg and Szalai, together with Dr. Ottó Fleischmann and Károly Szabó, was on the evening of January 12, 1945 at the Gyopár street Swedish Embassy at Wallenberg
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Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy


of the Árpád kings. A seven-generation family gave nine Members of Parliament and a minister to the country. Szalay-Berzeviczy's ancestors include Pál Szinyei Merse, Ágoston Trefort and László Szalay. His great-grandfather was Albert Berzeviczy, who was Speaker of the House of Representatives and Minister of Religion and Education in the first István Tisza cabinet, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and of the Hungarian Olympic Committee. Szalay-Berzeviczy is a son of Gábor Szalay-Berzeviczy, a former Hungarian MP and SZDSZ member
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Pál Szalai


, and threatened fictitious legal and economic measures against the "3000 Hungarian citizens" (in fact, a much smaller number) declared by Perlasca as residents of Spain, and the same treatment by two Latin American governments, to force the minister to withdraw the project. This actually happened in the following days. After the war, Szalai was one of few high-ranking members of the Arrow Cross Party not executed. He was set free in recognition of his cooperation with Wallenberg. Preparations for a show trial started 1953 in
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Károly Szabó


. This friendship continued in the critical months of 1944–1945 while Pál Szalai, high-ranking member of the police force, supported Raoul Wallenberg. Between 1944 and 1945 Károly Szabó was one of the typewriter mechanics of the Swedish Embassy. Dr. Otto Fleischmann, a Doctor of Medicine and psychologist, employee of the Swedish Embassy, motivated Károly Szabó to play an active role in the rescue actions of Raoul Wallenberg. Pál Szalai supported his friend with important personal documents, signed by the German command in the Battle of Budapest. Karoly Szabó
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Pál Szalai


Through Szalai, Wallenberg sent Schmidhuber a note promising that he, Raoul Wallenberg, would make sure the general was held personally responsible for the massacre and that he would be hanged as a war criminal when the war was over. The general knew that the war would be over soon and that the Germans were losing. The massacre never took place. According to Giorgio Perlasca, who posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944 and saved 5218 Jews, Pál Szalai lied to save his life during his
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Raoul Wallenberg


dispelled claims that Wallenberg was homosexual. Wallenberg started sleeping in a different house each night, to guard against being captured or killed by Arrow Cross Party members or by Adolf Eichmann's men. Two days before the Soviet Army occupied Budapest, Wallenberg negotiated with Eichmann and with Major-General Gerhard Schmidthuber, the supreme commander of German forces in Hungary. Wallenberg bribed Arrow Cross Party member Pál Szalai to deliver a note in which Wallenberg persuaded the occupying Germans to prevent a Fascist plan to blow up the Budapest ghetto and kill an estimated
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off in 1945 to the Soviet Union but was the victim of cosmopolitan Zionists. For the purposes of this show trial, two more Jewish leaders – Dr. László Benedek and Lajos Stöckler (a leader of Hungary's Neologue Jews) – as well as two would-be "eyewitnesses" – Pál Szalai and Károly Szabó – were arrested and interrogated by torture. The last people to meet Wallenberg in Budapest were Ottó Fleischmann, Károly Szabó, and Pál Szalai, who were invited to a supper at the Swedish Embassy building in Gyopár
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Budapest to "prove" that Wallenberg had never been in the Soviet Union, nobody had dragged off Wallenberg in 1945, least of all the Soviet Army. Everything was ready for a trial designed to prove that Wallenberg had been the victim of cosmopolitan Zionists. Three leaders of the Jewish community of Budapest Dr. László Benedek, Lajos Stöckler, and Miksa Domonkos, as well as two additional "eyewitnesses" Pál Szalai and Károly Szabó were arrested and tortured. The preparations for the show trial were initiated in Moscow, as part of
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important personal documents, signed from the German command in the Battle of Budapest. Szalai agreed to meet Raoul Wallenberg at the Swedish Embassy in the night of December 26, 1944. Szalai provided Raoul Wallenberg with special favors and government information. In the second week of January 1945, Raoul found out that Adolf Eichmann planned a massacre in the Budapest ghetto. The only one who could stop it was the man given the responsibility to carry the massacre out, the commander of the German troops in Hungary, Major General Gerhard Schmidhuber.
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2007. On 18 September 2014, Pál Dárdai was appointed as Hungary's interim manager. Eight days later Szalai announced his return to the national team, as the new coach stated the player was one of the side's "leading personalities". On 11 October 2014, Szalai marked his return by featuring the full 90 minutes in Romania in a 1–1 draw for the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Three days later, for the same competition, he scored the game's only goal for an away win over the Faroe Islands in Tórshavn
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Pál Szalai


criminal trial, and the history of the saving is different. Raoul Wallenberg (who was already dead at the time of the Szalai's deposition) saved hundreds of people but was not directly involved in the plan to save the ghetto. While Perlasca was posing as the Spanish consul-general, he came to know about the intention to burn down the ghetto. Shocked and incredulous, he asked for a direct hearing with the Hungarian interior minister Gábor Vajna, in the basement of the Budapest City Hall where he had his headquarter
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Budapest Ghetto


that the Germans were losing. The massacre was stopped at the last minute thanks to the courage and daring action of Wallenberg. According to Giorgio Perlasca, who posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944 and saved 5218 Jews, Pál Szalai lied to save his life during his criminal trial, and the history of the saving is different. Raoul Wallenberg (who was already dead at the time of the Szalai's deposition) saved hundreds of people but was not directly involved in the plan to save
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70,000 Jews. The note also persuaded the Germans to cancel a final effort to organize a death march of the remaining Jews in Budapest by threatening to have them prosecuted for war crimes once the war was over. According to Giorgio Perlasca, who posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of 1944 and saved 5218 Jews, Pál Szalai lied to save his life during his criminal trial, and the history of the saving is different. Raoul Wallenberg (who was already dead at the time of the Szalai's
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Pál Csáky


Pál Csáky is a Slovak politician, member of Hungarian minority in Slovakia and the country's former Deputy Prime Minister for European affairs, human rights and minorities. Csáky has been an activist for the Hungarian minority in Slovakia since 1977 (then Czechoslovakia). His political activity started in 1989, and since 1990 he has been a member of National Council (Slovakia's parliament). The Party of the Hungarian Coalition was elected as a member of the coalition in 1998, and Csáky became a member of several advisory bodies and ministerial
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Attila Pintér (footballer, born 1966)


. Some has seen this decision as controversial, given Pintér's low popularity with fans and players alike. On 7 September 2014, Hungary were defeated by Northern Ireland by 2–1 at the newly built Groupama Arena on the first matchday of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. Pintér was subsequently dismissed, with Pál Dárdai appointed as a temporary replacement for three matches. After the 8–1 defeat of the Hungarian national side against the Netherlands, Szalai gave an interview about the reasons behind the long-term underachievement of the national side. Szalai has
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American Left


parties. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a political party that formed after a 1995 ideological rupture with Workers World Party over the issue of their support of the Fidel Castro government in Cuba, The SEP are composed of Trotskyists and are affiliated with the World Socialist Web Site. With fewer than one thousand members in 1996, the Socialist Worker's Party (SWP) was the second largest Marxist–Leninist party in the United States. Formed by supporters of Leon Trotsky, they believed that the Soviet Union and other Communist
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Otto Fleischmann


of the black-clad, trench-coated Gestapo officer has entered popular culture. In Budapest's Jewish community Szabó was known as "the mysterious man in the leather coat". Károly Szabó saved Fleischmann's life in December 1944 (witness in Fleischmann papers, Library of Congress). Karoly Szabo was honored as Righteous among the Nations on November 12, 2012. Pál Szalai was honored as Righteous among the Nations 04.7.2009. Fleischmann worked with Wallenberg in attempts to protect members of the Hungarian Psychoanalytical community. The last meeting between
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Naresh Balyan


Naresh Balyan () is an Indian politician and a member of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi in India. He represents the Uttam Nagar constituency of New Delhi and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. Naresh Balyan was born in Delhi. He attended the Haryana Shakti Senior Secondary School and attained ninth grade degree. Naresh Balyan has been a MLA for one term. He represented the Uttam Nagar constituency and is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party political party. On 21 Sep 2015, Balyan complained to police
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Socialist Equality Party (Australia)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). According to its 2019 election statement, the party opposes identity politics and the Me Too movement. The party also criticises contemporary trade unions, having adopted the position that "They are no longer workers’ organisations." Inspired by the British Socialist Labour League
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Opposition Party (Hungary)


of Education József Eötvös, Minister of Finance Lajos Kossuth, Minister of Agriculture Gábor Klauzál). Two other ministers, István Széchenyi and Lázár Mészáros were independent and Pál Esterházy was a member of the Conservative Party. Until the end of the summer most of the important political rolls were in the hands of the members of the Opposition Party: they were in the ruling party and also in its opposition. The breakline lyed between the ruling moderates and the opposition formed by the radicals. To the latter belonged among others László Teleki,
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Tibor Pál (politician)


party-affiliated Political College (PF) since that year until its abolition in 1990. He continued his sociology and political science studies at the Eötvös Loránd University after the end of communism in Hungary. He earned a degree of social politics there in 1995. As a member of the Hungarian Young Communist League, he was elected as a councilor to the local council of Ferencváros in 1985, holding the office until 1990. Maintaining his position after the fall of the Communist regime, he became a member of the local representative body
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Journey in North America


dragged by the venom of reformism if the followers of the vainglorious North American traveler are permitted to impact the essence of the country's laws?" The travel of Bölöni Farkas ‑ together with the travel of Miklós Wesselényi to England in 1822 ‑ encouraged several young reformers to travel and to write about their experiences abroad Ferenc Pulszky ("Uti vázolatok," 1836), Ágoston Trefort ("Utazási töredékek," 1836), László Szalay ("Uti naplómból," 1839), Pál Hunfalvy ("Drezdai levelek,"
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Social Democratic Party of Hungarian Gypsies


The Social Democratic Party of Hungarian Gypsies (; MCSZDP), was a short-lived social democrat political party in Hungary for the ethnic Romani minority, existed between 1989 and 1991. The MCSZDP held its inaugural meeting on 1 October 1989 with 90 members under the leadership of writer and journalist Pál Farkas, also President of the Cultural Association of Hungarian Gypsies and editor-in-chief of the "Cigány Újság" from 1986 to 1993. The party claimed itself as a sister party to the Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP)
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Tibor Pál (politician)


of Ferencváros in 1990, holding the position since then. He is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party, the legal successor of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP). He served as deputy mayor of Ferencváros from 1998 to 2002 and from 2006 to 2010. He was his party's candidate for the position of mayor of Ferencváros during the 2010 local elections, but was defeated by János Bácskai (Fidesz) and came to the third place after Bácskai and incumbent mayor Ferenc Gegesy. Pál was elected a Member
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Béla Bugár


Béla Bugár (born 7 July 1958) is a Slovak politician of Hungarian ethnicity. He is a member of the Slovak parliament since 1992, briefly serving as its acting Speaker in 2006. He is the leader of the political party Most-Híd. He was the leader of Party of the Hungarian Coalition from 1998 until 2007, with Pál Csáky as his successor. Before the formation of the Party of the Hungarian Coalition in 1998, Bugar was the chairman of the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement. Bugár has been an MP of
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Péter Szalay


Dr. Péter Szalay (born June 29, 1940) is a Hungarian physician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Budapest Regional List between 2011 and 2014. Szalay became MP on February 14, 2011, replacing István Tarlós, who was elected Mayor of Budapest on December 3, 2010. Szalay was appointed a member of the Committee on European Affairs on February 14, 2011 and Committee on Health on February 11, 2013. He was defeated by Dezső Hiszékeny (MSZP) at Budapest Constituency VII in the 2014
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Independent Social Democratic Party (Hungary)


The Independent Social Democratic Party (; FSZDP), was a short-lived political party in Hungary, existed between 1989 and 1993. The FSZDP was founded by lawyer György Ruttner and his approximately fifty followers, who had formerly left the Hungarian Social Democratic Party (MSZDP) during its congress in November 1989, referring to disagreements with the leadership. Also prominent member were Ferenc Kitzinger, Pál Benyó, Szilárd Nyakas, Alfréd Sinkovics and Dezső Guba. Former MSZDP leader András Révész was elected leader of the new party. During its formation
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History of the Jews in Hungary


station, insisting that many Jews on the train be removed, and presenting the Arrow Cross guards with the Protective Passports for many on the train. Carl Lutz, of the Swiss Legation, also saved many people in a similar manner. In 1952–53 there were preparations in Budapest for a Moscow directed antisemitic show trial, claiming that Wallenberg was murdered by Hungary's Jewish leaders in 1945. The Jewish leaders were arrested and severely tortured, along with two non-Jews who helped Wallenberg rescue Jews: Pál Szalai and Károly Szabó.
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Károly Szabó


Károly Szabó (November 17, 1916 – October 28, 1964) was an employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest from 1944 to 1945. He was a supporter of Raoul Wallenberg and had a significant role in making contact with the representatives of the Hungarian police and other state officials. He was arrested without legal proceedings in 1953 in Budapest, in a secret trial. Honored as Righteous among the Nations on November 12, 2012. In the Hungarian Boy Scouts in 1929 he (13 years old) became friends with Pál Szalai
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– Pál Szalai and Károly Szabó – were arrested, accused and tortured. Everything was ready for a trial designed to prove that Wallenberg had been the victim of cosmopolitan Zionists. On April 8, 1953 Károly Szabó was captured on the street, arrested without legal proceedings, and sent to prison. His family did not hear from him for six months. A secret trial was held and no official record of the case or the judge's verdict was made available. After six months of interrogation, the defendants were driven to despair
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Budapest school


the portrayal of absolute social-reality on screen. This movement was called "Budapest school" by an Italian film critic on a European film festival. Soon they adopted this name. The main founders and leaders of the group were István Dárday, Györgyi Szalai, Judit Ember and Pál Schiffer. Many young and sometimes amateur artists were invited to the group by fellow filmmakers, especially Béla Tarr, who made his debut film at the age of 22 with financing from the Béla Balázs Studios. Films of the movement were generally (
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Szandra Szalay


. Together with Zsófia Tóth, until 2008 also a member of ORTRI, and Zsófia Kovács Szandra Szalay may be considered one of Hungary's most promising hopes for the Olympic Games in London 2012. In 2011, Szalay will also take part in the German "Bundesliga" circuit and represent the team EJOT. Szandra Szalay attended the "Váci Mihály Általános Iskola" elementary school and the "Péch Antal Műszaki Szakközép Iskola és Gimnázium" highschool in Tatabánya. In the four years from 2007 to 2010 Szandra Szalay took part in 29 ITU
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Pál Szalai


Joseph Stalin's increasing antisemitic and anti-Zionist campaign - e.g. Solomon Mikhoels murder, Night of the Murdered Poets (of the World War II time Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee), Slansky Trial, Doctors' Plot. After Stalin's death on March 5, 1953 and as Lavrentiy Beria was executed, the trial was aborted and the arrestees released in fall 1953. Due to severe torture Miksa Domonkos died shortly after being released and Lajos Stöckler became psychologically impaired. He emigrated 1956 to the United States and lived in New Jersey
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Otto Fleischmann


Karoly Szabo was one of the typewriter mechanics of the Swedish embassy. Dr. Otto Fleischmann motivated Karoly Szabo to play an active role in the rescue actions of Raoul Wallenberg. Pál Szalai supported his friend Karoly Szabo with important personal documents, signed by the German command in the Battle of Budapest. Otto Fleischmann prepared Karoly Szabo psychologically for the rescue actions, and the intuitive decision to purchase a leather coat was another key factor. The black leather trench coat, was a means of inspiring fear and respect, and the subsequent Hollywood image
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Era, being read by the young reformers of the parliament of 1832–36 at Pozsony. István Széchenyi expressed his thanks to the author in a letter, calling his work the most useful and most beautiful gift. In 1835 the book was banned and could be read only by special permission. The book inspired several young reformers (Ferenc Pulszky, Ágoston Trefort, László Szalay, Pál Hunfalvy, Bertalan Szemere, István Gorove, Lőrinc Tóth, József Irinyi) to travel and to write about their experiencies abroad. In 1830–1831 the author,
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Socialist Equality Party (United States)


The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is a Trotskyist political party in the United States, one of several Socialist Equality parties around the world affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The ICFI publishes daily news articles, perspectives and commentaries on the World Socialist Web Site and maintains Mehring Books as publishing house. The SEP was formed in 1995 by the Workers League, the US supporters of the ICFI. The Workers League had been founded in 1966 by the American Committee for the Fourth International (ACFI)
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History of the Jews in Hungary


saved people (Pál Szalai, Károly Szabó, and other officers who took Jews out from camps with fake papers), an Interior Ministry official (Béla Horváth) and some church institutions and personalities. Rudolf Kastner deserves special attention because of his enduring negotiations with Eichmann and Becher to prevent deportations to Auschwitz, succeeding only minimally by sending Jews to still horrific labor battalions in Austria and ultimately saving 1,680 Jews in Kastner's train. An estimated 119,000 Jewish people were liberated in Budapest (25,000 in the small, "international" ghetto
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David North (socialist)


David North (born 1950) is an American Marxist theoretician. He is the national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States (SEP), formerly the Workers League. He served as the national secretary of the SEP until the party's congress in 2008. North was the principal political and theoretical leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International during the organization's split with the Workers Revolutionary Party in Britain. North is also the chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, the voice
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László Szalay


László Szalay de Kéménd (April 18, 1813 – July 17, 1864) was a Hungarian statesman and historian. Szalay was born in Buda. After the completion of his studies, he became a member of the Hungarian diet, and in 1848 he represented Hungary in the German national parliament at Frankfurt. He took part in the revolution of 1848–49, and was obliged to seek refuge in Switzerland, where he wrote his history of Hungary. This important work, published at Budapest (1856–1860), extends to 1707. Szalay
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Tibor Pál (politician)


Tibor Pál (born 1959) is a Hungarian politician, who was a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2014. He represented Pesterzsébet (Budapest Constituency XIII) from 2002 to 2010. He was elected MP via the Hungarian Socialist Party's Budapest Regional List in the 2014 parliamentary election. Pál was born in 1959 in Budapest. He lived in Pesterzsébet then Ferencváros (9th district). He finished elementary studies in 1973. He obtained a qualification of mechanic in 1976. He lived in Moscow with his family between 1976 and 1980
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Pál Vastagh


Pál Vastagh (born 23 September 1946) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1994 and 1998. He joined to the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) in 1966. During the democratic changes in Hungary (1989–1990) he supported the communist rule and the Workers' Militia which Vastagh called the "people's army". In 1989 he was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party. He became ambassador to Ottawa, Canada in 2006; as a result of that he resigned
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Pál Kontur


Pál Kontur (born 1949) is a Hungarian car mechanic and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Komárom-Esztergom County Regional List from 2010 to 2014. He was also a Member of Parliament from the party's National List between 2006 and 2010. Kontur was a member of the Committee on Employment and Labour since 30 May 2006. After passing the secondary school final examinations, he continued his studies at Bánki Donát Vocational School and graduated as a car mechanic. He served his apprenticeship in the Mátyásföld
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Alex Szalay


. In 1990, Szalay was elected to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as a Corresponding Member and awarded the E.W. Fullam Prize of the Dudley Observatory. The following year, he received Hungary’s Széchenyi Prize, which recognizes “those who have made an outstanding contribution to academic life in Hungary.” Szalay was recognized in particular for his “discovery of the large scale (400 million light years) distribution pattern of galaxies.” In 2003, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In
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Pál Schmitt


well as all leaders and government members." Schmitt said he did not intend to take an obstructionist stance towards the government, and sought a more active role in the political process such as the drafting of the country's new constitution. After taking office, Schmitt resigned all posts and offices previously held. Soon after his election Schmitt came under heavy attack from some opposition parties, that refused to attend the presidential inauguration, citing high costs and a late invitation. Drafting of a new constitution began in 2010, and was finalized
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


to the UK Conservative Party. This prompts mixed reactions from senior party figures. 4 Sep – Ruth Davidson formally announces that she will stand in the contest. 5 Sep – Murdo Fraser launches his campaign in Edinburgh. 8 Sep – Ruth Davidson launches her campaign in Edinburgh. 11 Sep – Lord Forsyth, at one point a suggested leadership candidate, declares his backing for Ruth Davidson. 23 Sep – Nominations for leadership close. Margaret Mitchell confirms she will stand in the election. 2 Oct – David Mundell MP declares his backing
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Pál Sárközy


Sárközy had to dismiss the three quarters of the members of the order at the turn of 1950 and 1951. Krizosztom Kelemen died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 7 November 1950. Pál Sárközy convened an assembly of the convent and announced his death on 12 November. Two days later, Sárközy wrote a letter to Cardinal Clemente Micara, then Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Religious, in order to inform him on Kelemen's death and request action to fill the position. Due to the extraordinary situation of church politics, Sárközy was appointed
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Party of the Hungarian Community


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Mamadou Kamara Dékamo


Director-General of SEP Development from 1984 to 1992. He became a member of the Political Bureau of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in 1992, and he was elected to the National Assembly as a PCT candidate from the Poto-Poto section of Brazzaville in the 1992 parliamentary election. On 25 December 1992, he was appointed as Minister of Communication, Posts, and Telecommunications, as well as Government Spokesman, in the power-sharing government of Prime Minister Claude Antoine Dacosta, which was to serve until a new
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Jerry White (socialist)


Jerome "Jerry" White (born 1959) is an American politician and journalist, and is the Labor Editor reporting for the World Socialist Web Site. He is a member of the Socialist Equality Party of the United States, and was a member of its predecessor the Workers League, joining the movement in 1979. White ran as the SEP candidate for United States President in 1996 and 2008, and again in 2012 with running mate Phyllis Scherrer. White was again the SEP presidential nominee in the 2016 election. Jarome White was
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2010 Hungarian presidential election


nominated speaker of parliament Pál Schmitt on 23 June 2010. Jobbik intended to nominate Krisztina Morvai, and Politics Can Be Different wished to nominate incumbent President László Sólyom, but neither had enough MPs to respectively do so. Once elected, the new president would take office on 5 August 2010. Most Hungarians said they didn't think the President should be a member of any party. Forty-eight percent of respondents said that the president's independence from the government is among the most important considerations for the office, though 46 percent
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Pál Schmitt academic misconduct controversy


The report has met considerable controversy upon release, with members of opposition claiming that the Semmelweis University caved in to political pressure. Pál Schmitt was attending the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea at the time the three-page summary of the fact-finding committee was made public. Speaking of the report Schmitt told the MTI that "this final conclusion is a kind of satisfaction for [him]: I was right even back then 20 years ago, because I wrote a thesis to the best of my knowledge and
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Pál Pesthy


Pál Pesthy (9 July 1873 - 7 May 1952) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1924 and 1929. During his ministership the law being about the House of Magnates' organization (1926 XXII), some institutions of civil law, the forensic organisation's modification (1924 XV) and the last recommendation of the Civil Code were made (1928). From 1929 to 1931 he was the chairman of the Unity Party. He was a member of the House of Magnates from 1940
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Pál Steiner


Pál Steiner (born 13 March 1953) is a Hungarian politician, who served as the mayor of Belváros-Lipótváros (5th district of Budapest) from 2002 to 2006. He was elected member of the National Assembly (MP) from the Budapest Regional List of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 2002, holding the seat until 2014. He is of Jewish origin. He spent his childhood in Mezőkövesd and Ferencváros. After mechanical works in trade industry, he attended the Eötvös Loránd University, where earned a degree of
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Alex Szalay


Alex Szalay is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering. Szalay is an international leader in astronomy, cosmology, the science of big data, and data‐intensive computing. Alexander Sándor Szalay, Jr. was born in Hungary. His father is Sándor Szalay, who is considered “the father of nuclear physics in Hungary” for his discovery of a natural enrichment mechanism of uranium and neutrinos. Szalay graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in
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Marilyn Szalay


Clinic. Szalay has participated in the Lakeland Community College annual “from WOMAN” exhibitions during her lifetime and posthumously. In 2013, the "from WOMAN VI" exhibition was dedicated to Marilyn Szalay by curator Mary Urbas, who used her drawing, "Self-Portrait with Frog" on the poster. Urbas, who has also consistently exhibited Szalay's work in her bi-annual "Skull and Skeleton" "Show" describes Szalay as “incredibly prolific.” Szalay's drawings have won awards from the Butler Institute of
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Hungarian People's Republic


Working People's Party announced that it had decided that László Rajk, György Pálffy, Tibor Szőnyi and András Szalai had wrongly been convicted of treason in 1949. At the same time it was announced that Imre Nagy had been reinstated as a member of the party. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 began on 23 October as a peaceful demonstration of students in Budapest. The students protested for the implementation of several demands including an end to Soviet occupation. The police made some arrests and tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas. When
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Pál Steiner


jurist in 1986. Steiner joined the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) in 1986, then became a founding a member of the Socialist Party in October 1989. He served as chairman of the party's national ethics committee between 1998 and 2004. Steiner became a Member of Parliament from his party's Budapest regional list during the 2002 parliamentary election. He was involved in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and Justice. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 too from the MSZP regional list both times. He was elected
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Attila Pintér (footballer, born 1966)


not been called up to play for Hungary since. On 13 November 2013, Pintér reacted on Szalai's criticism and doubted Szalai's honesty. Pintér claimed that Szalai said in an interview before the 8–1 defeat that he does not have any problems with Hungary coach Sándor Egervári. Pintér criticised Szalai for being irresponsible for criticising the Hungarian coaches since Szalai does not know them. On 5 March 2014, Hungary played their first match, ended in a 2–1 defeat, against Finland in Győr at the ETO Park in the year and Szalai
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Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy


, saying he would not take the job. In March 2009, his name was mentioned as a possible successor to the outgoing Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány. Since childhood, Szalay-Berzeviczy has been a keen sportsman and he is also engaged in sport matters. In 2005, with fifteen companies that play a decisive role in the Hungarian economy and a group of a hundred successful managing directors, media experts, well-known public figures and famous sportsmen, he founded the expressly non-political and non-profit civic organisation
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Christian National Party (Hungary)


The Christian National Party (, KNP) was a short-lived political party in Hungary during the early 1920s. Following their successful coup against the Social Democrat-composed cabinet of Gyula Peidl, the counter-revolutionary White House Comrades Association had established the Christian National Party. Count Pál Teleki, who returned from exile, was elected its chairman, but the actual leader was István Friedrich, a key figure of the coup, who became Prime Minister on 7 August 1919. The party received support from conservative and Roman Catholic bourgeoisie
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David Szalay


David Szalay (born 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is an English writer. His surname is pronounced SOL-loy. Szalay was born in Montreal in 1974 to a Canadian mother and a Hungarian father. His family then moved to Beirut. They were forced to leave Lebanon after the onset of the Lebanese Civil War. They then moved to London. Szalay studied at the University of Oxford. After leaving university, Szalay worked various jobs in sales in London. He moved to Brussels, then to Pécs in Hungary to pursue
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Marilyn Szalay


Marilyn Szalay (1950-2012) was a contemporary figurative realist painter and draftsperson. Best known for her oversized charcoal drawings of humans and animals, her aesthetic came from journalistic photography and her work relies on strong draftsmanship and powerful compositions with great psychological depth. Hellen Cullinan of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said of Szalay's work, "Powerfully expressive gestural and facial closeup details reflect Szalay's command of behavioral and physical characteristics." For the span of her almost 40 year career as a fine artist, Szalay was an instructor of
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


The Scottish Democratic Alliance (SDA) is a political organisation formed in 2009 as the successor to the Scottish Enterprise Party (SEP). It supports Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. Although it evolved from a political party, the SDA spent some time operating as a think tank on current affairs in Scotland. It stood its first candidate for election in the 2013 Aberdeen Donside by-election, coming last with 35 votes (0.1%). The SDA favours a low-tax Scotland independent of both the EU
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Pál Gábor Engelmann


Pál Gábor Engelmann (1854 - 1916) was a figure of the Hungarian workers movement, and founder and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Hungary. Born on 1854, in Pest, Hungary, he worked as a professional plumber. In 1884, he joined the General Workers' Party, later he led the revolutionary wing. In 1889 he was eventually head of the Workers' Party. At his instigation, the Hungarian Social Democratic Party(Magyarorszagi Szociáldemokrata Párt) was founded on 7 December 1890. In its efforts Engelmann was by
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Party of the Hungarian Community


of the party is the National Council. Each elected functionary and body gets elected in form of democratic, secret elections. The party leadership of the districts co-ordinates the work of local institutions within district. Between 1998 and 2007 the party chairman was Béla Bugár. The Chairman of the National Council was Zsolt Komlósy, the Parliamentary Group Leader was Gyula Bárdos and Executive Deputy Chairman was Miklós Duray. Pál Csáky was the chairman of the Minister’s Club. On 31 March 2007 Pál Csáky was elected for chairman by the assembly
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István Nyakó


a member of the presidency of the Miskolc branch of the Socialist Party since 1996. He was appointed chair of the party's Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County branch in 2009. As a candidate of his party's county list, he unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary seat during the 1994 parliamentary election. Nevertheless, he was elected MP via the party's Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County county list on 22 September 1997, replacing Pál Tóth, who died on 18 August. He held the office until the 1998 parliamentary election.
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Alex Szalay


in astronomy to a common basis, so that they will be interoperable. In support of this goal, Szalay was Project Director of the National Virtual Observatory. In 2001, Jim Gray and Szalay wrote up a viewpoint article on the national virtual observatory project for "Science", entitled "The World-Wide Telescope." He was also one of the founders of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance and part of the core team to build the Galaxy Zoo, one of the most visible citizen science projects today. Szalay collaborated with
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Marilyn Szalay


.” – Journal entry, Tuesday February 2, 1990. "Tangible and Intangibl"e and "Childhood Dreams" are characteristic of Szalay's work in that they portray young children in psychologically complex settings. Masks, dolls, skulls and horns are common motifs in her charcoal drawings, as are settings in playgrounds and cemeteries. "Timmy" is a portrait of a mountain gorilla, representative of Szalay's work with the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo as an artist, volunteer and docent. In 1993, Plain Dealer critic Helen Cullinan praised Szalay
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Scottish Democratic Alliance


Norway to promote tourism. The Scottish Enterprise Party was a centre-right political party in Scotland which supported Scottish independence and withdrawal from the European Union. It was formed in July 2004 to provide an alternative to the largely social democratic Scottish National Party for centre-right voters who support independence. The party opposed Scottish membership of the European Union and any prospective membership of the euro; it supported the principle of a constitutional monarchy and elections conducted through the Single Transferable Vote. The SEP backed the constitutional view that parliamentary sovereignty does
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Pál Kontur


Truck Service and learned the profession from outstanding masters. He had working 25 years in Angyalföld at Number IV AFIT Car repair service and later at Spirál car repair service. He passed a master's examination as a car mechanic in 1980. He worked as a head of a team but because he was not member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP), there were no more career opportunities for him. He joined Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) in 1992. He has been a member of Fidesz since
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Alex Szalay


2004, he received a Alexander Von Humboldt Research Award in Physical Sciences. In 2007, Szalay received the Jim Gray eScience Award in recognition for his “foundational contributions to interdisciplinary advances in the field of astronomy and groundbreaking work with Jim Gray.” The IEEE Computer Society awarded Szalay with the 2015 Sidney Fernbach Award for "his outstanding contributions to the development of data-intensive computing systems and on the application of such systems in many scientific areas including astrophysics, turbulence, and genomics.” Szalay is an astrophysicist who has made
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Ferenc Szálasi


attracted a large number of followers, and in the 1939 elections, it gained 30 seats in the Hungarian Parliament, thus becoming one of the more powerful parties in Hungary. Freed due to a general amnesty resulting from the Second Vienna Award in 1940, Szálasi returned to politics. When World War II began, the Arrow Cross Party was officially banned by Prime Minister Pál Teleki, thus forcing Szálasi to operate in secret. During this period, Szálasi gained the support and backing of the Germans, who had previously been opposed to
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Szandra Szalay


Szandra Szalay (born 30 July 1989 in Tatabánya), is a Hungarian professional triathlete and the third best Hungarian triathlete of the year 2010 according to the Hungarian "Ranglista," i.e. National Championship Series. In 2007, Szandra Szalay took part in her first ITU triathlon and won the Junior European Cup in Tiszaújváros, as in 2008, the year in which she won the silver medal at the European Championships. Since 2006 Szandra Szalay represents the club ORTRI, located in Oroszlány near her hometown Tatabánya. Her coach is Licskó Csaba
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Ádám Szalai


Ádám Csaba Szalai (born 9 December 1987) is a Hungarian footballer who plays for German club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim as a striker. He spent most of his career in Germany, signing in 2004 with Stuttgart and going on to represent Mainz 05, Schalke 04, Hoffenheim and Hannover 96. He also played three years in Spain, with Real Madrid Castilla. A Hungarian international since 2009, Szalai was part of the squad at Euro 2016. Szalai started his career in his hometown of Budapest, playing for Budapest Honvéd FC and
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2011 Scottish Conservative Party leadership election


MSP and Liz Smith MSP endorse Murdo Fraser. 30 Aug – Liz Smith is declared as Murdo Fraser's campaign manager. 1 Sep – Gavin Brown, formerly speculated as standing in the election, states that he will not run and lends his backing to Murdo Fraser. 2 Sep – Jackson Carlaw officially launches his leadership campaign in Glasgow. 4 Sep – Murdo Fraser makes the high-profile announcement that if elected leader, he would disband the Scottish Conservatives and seek to create a new centre-right party, autonomous but allied
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Pál Schmitt


the party list of Fidesz in the 2009 European elections in Hungary and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament with the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union, to the Bureau of the European People's Party and was vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education. Schmitt chaired the Delegation to the EU–Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee. On 2009 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. He became the Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary after the Hungarian parliamentary election
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Fathers' rights movement by country


"Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)" is currently registered as a political party with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Fathers' rights groups in Australia have condemned the actions of a militant men's group that engaged in criminal activities, including stalking and harassment. Since Sep 2006 the Belgian federal law on "co-parenté" came into effect. It introduced a presumption of dual location or shared residency which by law should be taken into serious consideration and thorough investigation with priority in each individual case by
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János Kádár


". Kovács brought Kádár into the party leadership and gave him a seat in the Secretariat of the Central Committee. By January 1943, had been able to get in touch with some seventy to eighty members, but this effort was torn apart by a new round of mass arrests, with Kovács being among them. The new leadership after the last mass arrest consisted of Kádár as First Secretary, Gábor Péter, István Szirmai and Pál Tonhauser. During Kádár's first tenure as leader of the party, he faced many problems,
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Pál Rosty de Barkóc


Pál Rosty de Barkóc (pronunciation: ['pa:l 'rɔʃti 'bɒrkɔ:ʦ]; 29 November 1830 – 7 December 1874) was a Hungarian nobleman, photographer, explorer. Born in Pest in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Pál István Ferenc, was a member of the illustrious ancient Roman Catholic Hungarian noble family Rosty de Barkóc (in Hungarian: "barkóci Rosty" család). His father was Albert Rosty de Barkóc (1779-1847), jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county
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Pál Fábry


also the founder of the Hungarian Pulitzer Memorial Award. He was born in Budapest to Andrew Fábry, a General and high ranking judge, and Ilona Gombos, an artist and painter, after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the time of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. In 1937, he graduated from the Gödöllő Premonstratensian Grammar School. In 1942, he obtained a doctorate in political science from the Pázmány Péter Catholic University. In 1944 he was a reserve officer, entered the Independent Smallholders' Party and participated in the
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Vundavalli Aruna Kumar


be heard. Vexed with the political scenario in the Indian Parliament, 2014, during the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh State in which his party Indian National Congress did not listen to his concern about the future of the state and moreover the absence of Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (died in Sep, 2009) in his life let him to step down from election politics forever. After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh state the government at central was charges with BJP and at state it was taken over by TDP. Both TDP and BJP
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Giles Dilnot


the Socialist Equality Party (SEP), accused Dilnot of issuing "politically slanderous" commentary during a live interview claiming his comment "crossed accepted journalistic boundaries", a complaint that was later rejected. While interviewing Marsden for BBC 2’s "Daily Politics" on 21 May 2014 during the campaign for the European election, Dilnot, referring to Marsden's claim that existing news media would be removed in a revolution, said "Please tell me I am not first up against the wall when it comes." According to Marsden
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Parvesh Verma


Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma (born 7 November 1977) is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament from West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In May, 2014 he was elected to 16th Lok Sabha, and he was reelected in 2019. Since 1 Sep, 2014 onwards he is Member of the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and Member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development. He is a son of senior BJP politician and former Chief
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David Szalay


a novel in the traditional sense: "does it in any sense work, as Jonathan Cape wants us to believe, as a novel? Yes, there’s a thematic consistency that makes this more than a collection, and Szalay even throws in the odd narrative link (the 73-year-old, it transpires, is the 17-year-old’s granddad). But still, a novel? I don’t think so." Szalay was included in "The Telegraph"'s 2016 list of the top 20 British writers under
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Pál Gerevich


Pál Gerevich (born 10 August 1948) is a Hungarian fencer, who won two Olympic bronze medals in the team sabre competitions. Pál Gerevich won the world championships in sabre fencing in 1977 and is currently coaching the Viennese fencing club Wiener Sportclub. He also was a member of the Hungarian team that won the world championships in 1973, 1978, 1981 and 1982, and won silver in 1975 and bronze in 1977. He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year in 1977. He is the son of legendary fencer Aladár Gerevich
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Pál Prónay


failed attempt to oust Horthy and restore the Habsburg Charles IV, to the throne. Horthy at last permanently severed his ties with Prónay. The Prónay Battalion lingered for a few months more under the command of a junior officer, but the government officially dissolved the unit in January 1922 and expelled its members from the army. Prónay entered politics as a member of the government's right-wing opposition. In the 1930s, he sought and failed to emulate the Nazis by generating a Hungarian fascist mass movement. In 1932, he
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András Schiffer


, who served as Deputy Mayor of Budapest between 1994 and 2006. His grandfather was Pál Schiffer, Sr., a Member of Parliament and Hungarian Ambassador to Norway. His great-grandfather was Árpád Szakasits, a leading Social Democrat, then Communist political figure also president of Hungary in (1948–1949) and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the People's Republic of Hungary (1949–1950) during Communist rule. Schiffer received his Juris Doctor degree at the Eötvös Loránd University in 1995. In 1989 he was a member of the short
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Furmint


in Croatia), Moslovez, Nemes Furmint, Poam Grasa, Poma Grasa, Poshipon, Pošip, Pošipbijeli, Pošipveliki, Pošip Vrgonski, Posipel, Posipon, Pospisel, Rongyos Furmint, Salver, Sari Furmint, Sauvignon Vert, Schimiger, Schmiger, Seestock, Seeweinrebe, Shipo, Shipon, Shiponski, Sipelj, Šipon (in Slovenia and northern Croatia), Som (in Transylvania), Som shipo, Somszölö, Szala, Szalai, Szalai janos, Szalay Göreny, Szegszolo, Szegzölö, Szigethy Szöllö, Szigeti, Toca,
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Pál Várhidi


Pál Várhidi (born Pál Vinkovics, 6 November 1931 – 12 November 2015) was a Hungarian football player and a manager. He played for Újpesti Dózsa as a defender and helped the club win the Hungarian League in 1959/60. He was born in Újpest, Hungary. Between 1954 and 1957 Várhidi played 10 times for Hungary and he represented his country in 1 FIFA World Cup qualification match. The fringe member of the "Mighty Magyars" also took part in the 1954 World Cup but didn't play any games. He is
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József Farkas (politician)


for the position, because Imre Veszter of the Liberal Party cancelled his nomination. He was elected as representative in the Hungarian Parliament for 4 terms: 1896–1901, 1901–1905, 1905–1906, and 1906–1910. On 1909, Count Pál Batthyány de Németújvár resigned to his office as the lord-lieutenant of Zala county ("zalai főispán") and József Farkas de Boldogfa was suggested by the local nobility to be elected as the successor. Considering the delicate political situation of that time, József Farkas decided to reject the proposal. After the
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István Rakovszky


Andrássy Party". He criticized the government heavily: he had a duel with Minister of the Interior Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi and had lot of conflicts with Minister of Religion and Education József Vass. On 5 October 1922, a group formed against the organizations of the far right forces. Their aim was the elimination of the Gyula Gömbös bloc and the promotion of the real political consolidation. The leaders were Vilmos Vázsonyi, Károly Rassay, Károly Peyer, István Farkas and István Rakovszky, who could mobilize his liberal connections. Bethlen attacked this
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Hrvoje Sep


Hrvoje Sep (born 26 February 1986) is a Croatian professional boxer. He was boxing for BK Leonardo under Leonardo Pjetraj. Sep was 6 times champion of Croatia (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016), two times runner-up (2012, 2015). He was also WSB Season I Champion (As member of Paris United team) and two times (Season III and season V) as member of Astana Arlans team, with a 22-8 record. He competed in the light
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Alex Szalay


Physics in 1969 from Kossuth University, now University of Debrecen, in Hungary. He then received a Master of Science in Theoretical Physics 1972 and a Ph.D in Astrophysics in 1975 from the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. During this period, from 1974–1982, Szalay also played guitar in the Hungarian rock band Panta Rhei (band). After graduation Szalay spent postdoctoral periods at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, and Fermilab, before accepting an assistant professorship at Eötvös Loránd University in 1982. After rising
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Alex Szalay


to the rank of full professor at Eötvös, he joined Johns Hopkins University in 1989. Subsequently, he was named the Alumni Centennial Chair in 1998 and earned a secondary appointment in the Department of Computer Science in 2001. In 2008, he became Doctor Honoris Causa of the Eötvös Loránd University. In March 2015, Szalay was named a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University for his accomplishments as an interdisciplinary researcher and excellence in teaching. The Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship program was established in 2013 by a gift from Michael Bloomberg. Szalay
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Alex Szalay


holds joint appointments in the Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’s Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Whiting School of Engineering’s Department of Computer Science. Through the Bloomberg Distinguished Professorship, Szalay also will be teaching a new undergraduate class in data science, using a synthesis of statistics, computer science, and basic sciences that he thinks “will become the fundamental language used by the next generation of scientists.” Since 2009, Szalay has been the founding director of the Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science
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Alex Szalay


, GrayWulf, using Atom processors with extremely good IO performance per unit power (factor of 15 better than a typical rack server). GrayWulf was named in homage to and builds on the work of Szalay’s collaborator legendary Microsoft computer scientist Jim Gray and Beowulf, the “original computer cluster developed at NASA using ‘off-the-shelf’ computer hardware.” Szalay led the team that won the Supercomputing Data Challenge in SC-08 - the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis - with their entry
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