András Balogh (born 6 March 1944) is a Hungarian historian, diplomat, and former ambassador to

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. His party, the

Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Párt), commonly known by its acronym MSZP, is a centre-left social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October, 1989 as a post-communist evolution a ...

(MSZP) nominated him to the position of

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in 2010. During a parliamental election the

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- Christian Democratic People's Party's candidate

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was elected by an overwhelming majority.

Publications

*''Társadalom és politika a gyarmati Indiában'' (1979) *''A gyarmati rendszer története 1870–1955'' (1980) *''A Political History of National Liberation Movement in Asia and Africa 1914–1985'' (1988) *''Nemzet és történelem Indiában'' (1988) *''A nemzeti kisebbség és a nemzetközi biztonság'' (1994) *''A magyar külpolitika prioritásai'' (1996) *''Integráció és nemzeti érdek'' (1998) *''Világpolitikai átrendeződés szeptember 11-e után'' (2001) *''Nemzet és nacionalizmus'' (co-author, 2002)

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