Bertalan Andrásfalvy (born 17 November 1931)''Pécs Lexikon I. (A–M)''. ed. Romváry, Ferenc, Pécs Lexikon Kulturális Nonprofit Kft. 2010, Pécs. p. 38; is a former Hungarian ethnographer and politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1990 and 1993. He joined the

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in 1988. He became a member of the

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in 1990.

József Antall József Tihamér Antall Jr. ( hu, ifjabb Antall József Tihamér, ; 8 April 1932 – 12 December 1993) was a Hungarian teacher, librarian, historian, and statesman who served as the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, holdi ...

appointed him Minister of Education. He finished the changes requested by the transformation of regime in the Hungarian cultural life. Andrásfalvy left the party in 2005 and joined the National Forum which was founded by

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who was expelled from the MDF. He lived in

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from 1960 to the 1990s when he moved to

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. He was a teacher in the

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Selected publications

*''Sárközi hímzések'' (Bp., 1963) *''A sárköziek gazdálkodása a XVIII. és XIX. században'' (Pécs, 1965) *''A Sárköz népművészete'' (alongside Kálmán Vadóc, Bp., 1967) *''A Sárköz ősi ártéri gazdálkodása'' (Bp., 1973) *''A Duna mente népének ártéri gazdálkodása Tolna és Baranya megyében az ármentesítés befejezéséig'' (1975) *''A népművészet tegnap és ma'' (alongside Tamás Hofer, 1976) *''Bibó-emlékkönyv'' (társszerző, 1980) *''Magyar néptánchagyományok'' (társszerző, Bp., 1980) *''Mintagyűjtemény Tolna megye népi hímzéseiből'' (1981) *''Néprajzi alapismeretek'' (Múzsák Közművelődési Kiadó, Budapest, 1982) *''Sárközi hímzések régen és ma'' (alongside Julianna Parragh, Bp., 1982) *''Magyar népismeret (néprajzi történészeknek)'' (Bp., 1990) *''Hagyomány és jövendő. Népismereti tanulmányok'' (2004) *''A Duna mente népének ártéri gazdálkodása'' (Ekvilibrium Kft., 2007)

References

Andrásfalvy Bertalan a Mindentudás Egyetem honlapján
1931 births Living people People from Sopron Hungarian ethnographers Education ministers of Hungary Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994) {{Hungary-politician-stub