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Ivan Čarnogurský
Ivan Čarnogurský (27 May 1933 – 9 November 2022) was a Slovak businessman and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Movement, he served in the Chamber of People from June to December 1992. He was the brother of the first prime minister of Slovakia Ján Čarnogurský. Čarnogurský died in Bratislava on 9 November 2022, at the age of 89. Biography He grew up with his grandmother in Vajnory and after the outbreak of the Second World War in Mala Frankova in Zamagurie. He studied mechanical engineering at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and management at the University of Economics in Bratislava. From 1958 to 1989 he worked as an engineer in various positions, successively in senior positions. From 1969 to 1970 he managed the construction of the airport in Nasseria, Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
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Zamagurie
Zamagurie (in Slovak, ; ) is a region in the Goral Lands area in the north of the Spiš region, between the Spišská Magura in the south, the Dunajec river in the north and the Białka (Slovak: ''Biela voda'') river in the west. It is divided between the Prešov Region of Slovakia and the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland and is further divided between the Slovak districts of Stará Ľubovňa and Kežmarok and Polish gminas of Bukowina Tatrzańska, Nowy Targ and Łapsze Niżne. The centre of the region is the Slovak town Spišská Stará Ves, which is just near the border. The region also used to be one of the official tourist regions of Slovakia until 2004. In 2006, a new border bridge for pedestrians was open between Červený Kláštor and Sromowce. Tourist attractions The most popular tourist attraction are the Pieniny mountains with the Dunajec river gorge, with floating trips on wooden canoes bound into rafts, hikes to the Trzy Korony or Sokolica hills. Among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Economics In Bratislava Alumni
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Slovak Businesspeople
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Members Of The Chamber Of The People Of Czechoslovakia (1992)
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Christian Democratic Movement Politicians
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2022 Deaths
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1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams
The Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Dams (more precisely ''Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Waterworks'', , ''Slovak language, Slovak: Sústava vodných diel Gabčíkovo – Nagymaros'') is a large barrage project on the Danube. It was initiated by the Budapest Treaty of 16 September 1977 between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Hungarian People's Republic. The project aimed at preventing catastrophic floods, improving river navigability and producing clean electricity. Only a part of the project has been finished in Slovakia, under the name ''Gabčíkovo Dam'', because Hungary first suspended, then tried to terminate, the project due to environmental and economic concerns. Slovakia proceeded with an alternative solution, called "Variant C", which involved diverting the Danube, the Border#Natural borders, border river. These caused a still unresolved international dispute between Slovakia and Hungary. Both parties turned to the International Court of Justice for a ruling. Budapest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq
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Mechanical Engineering
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Malá Franková
Malá Franková (, , ) is a village and municipality in the Kežmarok District of the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. It is traditionally inhabited by Gorals, as one of their westernmost settlements (along with Veľká Franková and Osturňa). History Historical records first mention the village in 1568. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Malá Franková was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 27 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Malá Franková in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. Geography Malá Franková is at an altitude of 750 metres, covers an area of 10.808 km², and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
