György Lázár ( Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈlaːzaːr] ; 15 September 1924 – 2 October 2014) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987. He retired from politics in 1988.
15-626: He was born into a labour family in Isaszeg on 15 September 1924. His father was a carpenter . Lázár's original qualification was engineer . He worked as a technical draftsman from 1942 to 1944. During the Arrow Cross regime , he was forcibly conscripted into the paramilitary Levente organization in 1944. He was taken prisoner of war in January 1945. After that he joined the Hungarian combat units supported by
30-525: A population of 1,226,115 and the population density was 192/km . Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Germans (approx. 25,000), Roma (20,000), Slovaks (6,000), Romanians (4,000) and Serbs (1,500). Total population (2011 census): 1,217,476 Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 1,090,882 persons: Approx. 178,000 persons in Pest County did not declare their ethnic group at
45-405: Is twinned with: Isaszeg also cooperates with Mali Iđoš , Serbia. 47°32′N 19°24′E / 47.533°N 19.400°E / 47.533; 19.400 This Pest County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pest (county) Pest ( Hungarian : Pest vármegye , pronounced [ˈpɛʃt] ; German : Komitat Pest )
60-501: Is a county ( vármegye ) in central Hungary . It covers an area of 6,393.14 square kilometres (2,468.41 sq mi), and has a population of 1,339,090 (2023). It surrounds the national capital Budapest and the majority of the county's population (65.2%/790,995 in 2009) live in the suburbs of Budapest . It shares borders with Slovakia and the Hungarian counties Nógrád , Heves , Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok , Bács-Kiskun , Fejér , and Komárom-Esztergom . The River Danube flows through
75-605: The Hungarian Parliament Building . In the summer of 1987, when the highest party and state offices' major personnel changes were made (although most senior official only got another post, the same cadres stayed), Lázár was appointed deputy secretary-general of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (i.e. deputy for Kádár). Károly Grósz succeeded him in the position of prime minister. The previous deputy secretary-general Károly Németh became chairman of
90-707: The Red Army , which fought against the Nazi-backed Royal Hungarian Army in the western part of the country. He joined Hungarian Communist Party (MKP) in 1945 and was also a member of its successor parties: Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) since 1948 and Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) since 1956. From 1948 he worked for the National Planning Board (OT), he became a Deputy Head of Department and Head of Department after 1953. He served as Vice Chairman of OT between 1958 and 1970. He
105-499: The 2011 census. Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the county was 13.8 billion euros in 2018, accounting for 10.3% of Hungary's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 17,000 euros or 56% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 69% of the EU average. The Pest County Council, elected at
120-591: The Hungarian Presidential Council following the retiring Pál Losonczi . In May 1988 at the party's national conference, when Kádár was replaced, Lázár was one of the few ancient leaders who were not elected to the new Central Committee. He lost all of his party functions. Lázár was retired in 1988. Since then, he lived away from the public view. In 2011 the issue of the former communist leaders and senior officials' high state pensions were highlighted. His name appeared on Heti Válasz ' s list, as well as
135-908: The Party in March 1975 he was elected to a member of the Political Committee. Following the downfall and resignation of Jenő Fock he was appointed Prime Minister of Hungary (officially Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary ). He also became a member of the National Assembly of Hungary due elections in June. He is the third longest-serving Head of Government in history of Hungary after Viktor Orbán and Kálmán Tisza . His term lasting 12 years and 41 days from 15 May 1975 until 25 June 1987. He
150-454: The county. The capital of Pest County is Budapest , although Budapest is not part of Pest County. Starting 2018, they also constitute different NUTS:HU level 2 regions, as previously Pest County has lost catch-up aids from the European Union because of the high development of Budapest. The present county Pest was formed after World War II , when the former county Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun
165-514: The names of Béla Biszku or István Kovács . He died on 2 October 2014 at the age of 90 in Budapest. He was buried without publicity, his family informed Népszabadság on Lázár's death on 30 October 2014. Isaszeg Isaszeg is a town in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area , Hungary . It has a population of 10,979 (2007). On the top of the cemetery hill stands the old parochial church of
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#1733084937007180-503: The village. It was last rebuilt in gothic style. However, the foundations of the old rotunda is visible north and south of the nave of the church. The recent church was built by the eastern extension (apsis) and by western extension (nave and choir) of the original rotunda. The church has western tower with rectangular lower part and octagonal upper part, as in many Hungarian old churches (for example: Nagymaros , Csurgó , Aracs, Somogyvámos , Szeged - Dömötör tower , Felsőörs ) Isaszeg
195-621: Was appointed to a member of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party in 1970 and served as Minister of Labour from 1970 to 1973. He became deputy prime minister and chairman of the National Planning Board in 1973 and also served as head of the State Planning Committee. Lázár functioned as Permanent Representative of Hungary to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance between 1973 and 1975. After 11th Congress of
210-477: Was called Secretary-General János Kádár 's "most loyal sidekick". György Lázár signed a treaty in Budapest on 16 September 1977, which initiated the controversial large barrage project of Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams . During his premiership, along with his deputies Antal Apró and György Aczél , he was a member of that delegation which took over the returned Holy Crown from U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in
225-519: Was split in two parts (the other part is within present-day Bács-Kiskun ). Pest County also existed in the early days of the medieval Kingdom of Hungary (11th century). Its territory comprised approximately the north-eastern part of present Pest County. It was combined with adjacent Pilis county before the 15th century. More information can be found at the entry of former Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun county. Religion in Pest County (2022 census – of those who declared their religion (58.6%)) In 2015, it had
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