Béla Varga (politician)
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Béla Varga | |
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Member of the High National Council | |
In office 7 December 1945 – 8 January 1946 Serving with Zoltán Tildy, Ferenc Nagy, and László Rajk |
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Preceded by | Béla Miklós Béla Zsedényi Mátyás Rákosi |
Succeeded by | Zoltán Tildy as President of the Republic |
Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary | |
In office 7 February 1946 – 3 July 1947 |
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Preceded by | Ferenc Nagy |
Succeeded by | Árpád Szabó |
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Born | Börcs, Austria-Hungary |
18 February 1903
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Budapest, Hungary |
Nationality | Hungarian |
Profession | Priest, politician |
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Béla Varga (18 February 1903 – 13 October 1995)[1] was a Hungarian Catholic priest and politician. He was one of the founders of the Independent Smallholders' Party. Varga was arrested by the Soviet troops in 1945 and sentenced to death, but released and served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary February 7, 1946 – July 3, 1947. Msgr. Varga emigrated to the United States in 1947, where he worked as a priest in New York City, but returned to his native country after the communists lost their power.
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Preceded by | Speaker of the National Assembly 1946–1947 |
Succeeded by Árpád Szabó |
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- People from Győr-Moson-Sopron County
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- Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party politicians
- Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary
- Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1945–1947)