Endre Sík (2 April 1891 – 10 April 1978) was a Hungarian historian, politician,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between co ...
between 1958 and 1961. He was the younger brother of the priest
Sándor Sík who was also a poet and
piarist
The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the ...
teacher.
During the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
he was captured by the
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
s. After that he lived in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
. In 1920, he joined the
Soviet Communist Party
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
. In 1945, he returned to Hungary, and became a communist politician. He was deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs(1954–1958), then minister (1958–1961).
In his scientific work, he studied the history of African ethnic groups. He obtained the
Doctor of Sciences
Doctor of Sciences ( rus, доктор наук, p=ˈdoktər nɐˈuk, abbreviated д-р наук or д. н.; uk, доктор наук; bg, доктор на науките; be, доктар навук) is a higher doctoral degree in the Russi ...
degree of the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1962.
His book, ''Vihar a levelet'', containing his recollections on the Soviet Union in the 1930s, was banned and withdrawn immediately after appearance.
Amikor a könyvtárba a politika jön látogatóba
OGYK Hirlevél
Works
* ''Fekete Afrika története I–IV'' (The history of Black Africa), Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, 1961–1973.
** in English
Vol. I
Vol. II
Vol. III
Vol. IV
* ''Vihar a levelet'', Zrínyi Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1970.
References
1891 births
1978 deaths
Writers from Budapest
Hungarian prisoners of war
Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war in World War I
World War I prisoners of war held by Russia
Institute of Red Professors alumni
Historians of Africa
Hungarian communists
Foreign ministers of Hungary
Hungarian expatriates in the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Hungarian Africanists
Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Lenin Peace Prize recipients
Burials at Kerepesi Cemetery
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