Tamás Katona (2 February 1932 – 28 June 2013)Meghalt Katona Tamás történész, az Antall-kormány egykori államtitkára
hetivalasz.hu (Hozzáférés: 2013. június 29.) was a Hungarian historian, academic, politician, who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1992 and as Mayor of Budavár (1st district of

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) between 1994 and 1998. Besides that he represented

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( Pest County Constituency II) in the

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from 1990 to 1994, and functioned as MP from the

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's Pest County Regional List between 1994 and 1998. Katona served as president of the

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between 1994 and 1998. He was the Hungarian Ambassador to Poland from 2000 to 2002.

Selected publications

*''Az aradi vértanúk'' (Budapest, 1979) *''A korona kilenc évszázada. Történelmi források a magyar koronáról'' (editor; Budapest, 1979) *''A tatárjárás emlékezete'' (editor; Budapest, 1981) *''Budavár bevételének emlékezete, 1849'' (editor; Budapest, 1989) *''Kossuth Lajos: Írások és beszédek 1848–1849-ből'' (editor; Budapest, 1994)

References

1932 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Hungarian historians Hungarian diplomats Hungarian translators Hungarian academics Hungarian librarians Hungarian Democratic Forum politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998) Mayors of places in Hungary Ambassadors of Hungary to Poland Scouting and Guiding in Hungary Writers from Budapest 20th-century translators {{Hungary-mayor-stub