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Károly Vekov (26 September 1947 – 7 October 2020) was a Hungarian-Romanian historian and professor.[1] He also served as a politician in Romania as part of the Hungarian community.
Károly Vekov | |
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| Born | 26 September 1947 |
| Died | 7 October 2020 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Professor |
Biography
editAfter his secondary studies in Arad, Vekov graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca in 1971. He worked as a researcher at the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, working there from 1971 to 1990. A member of Limes Kör, a secret circle of Hungarians in Romania opposed to the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime. He lived in Cluj-Napoca following the Romanian Revolution in 1989 and became a secretary in the national office of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania party. He became a secondary school professor at Brassai Sámuel Líceum, then served as director of the Catholic school Római Katolikus Líceum from 1995 to 2000. He served as a municipal councillor in Cluj-Napoca, Regional Councillor of Cluj County, and a member of the Parliament of Romania from 2000 to 2004.
Károly Vekov died in Debrecen on 7 October 2020 at the age of 73.[2]
Publications
edit- Székely felkelések. 1595–1596 (1978)
- Locul de adeverire din Alba Iulia. Secolele XIII–XVI (2003)
- Structuri juridico-militare şi sociale la secui în evul mediu (2003)
- Istoriografia maghiară din Transilvania în secolul al XVI-lea (2004)
- A gróf emigrált, az író itthon maradt. Wass Albert igazsága (2004)
References
edit- ^ "Elhunyt Vekov Károly kolozsvári politikus és történész". ErdélyiNapló.ro (in Hungarian). 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Részvétnyilvánítás: Elhunyt Vekov Károly történész". Erdon (in Hungarian). 9 October 2020.