István Bethlen (born 1946)
István Bethlen | |
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Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 2 May 1990 – 27 June 1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Cluj, Romania | 19 June 1946
Died | 4 September 2018 | (aged 72)
Political party | MDF |
Profession | economist, politician |
István Bethlen (19 June 1946 – 4 September 2018) was a Hungarian economist and politician,
Biography
He was born as Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (Hungarian: bethleni gróf Bethlen István)[2] into a wealthy and influential Transylvanian family in Cluj, which was already part of the Kingdom of Romania again after World War II. He was the fourth child of Count László Bethlen and Countess Margit Teleki de Szék. Count István married Éva Vajda de Kisbag on 21 September 1991 in Budapest.[3]
Count István emigrated to West Germany in his youth. He finished his academic studies at the University of Innsbruck, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Vienna. He published several economic works in English and German.[4]
He returned to
Bethlen served as President of the Hungarian branch of the Paneuropean Union (MPUE) from 1994 to 2012. He died on 4 September 2018, at the age of 72.[5]
References
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- The Statute IV of 1947, which is still in force in Hungary, declares the abolition of hereditary noble ranks and related styles and titles, also putting a ban on their use.
- ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Bethlen de Bethlen family tree". Genealogy.EU.
- ^ Parlamenti Almanach 1990. p. 85.
- Index.hu. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2018-09-07.