László Háy (31 August 1891 – 27 January 1975) was a Hungarian

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and

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, who served as Governor of the

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during the

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from 17 April to 20 November 1956. He functioned as Minister of External Trade between 1954 and 1956. He was a member of the

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(MTA). After the fall of the

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Háy emigrated to

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then

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. After that he lived in

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and joined to the

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. After that he worked in the

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. He returned to Hungary in 1945.

Works

* ''Az újratermelési ciklus alakulása a második világháború után'' (Budapest, 1959) * ''A hidegháború gazdasági formái'' (Budapest, 1964) * ''A világkapitalizmus válsága'' (Budapest, 1966) * ''A megváltozott világgazdaság'' (Budapest, 1970)

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Hungarian Biographical Lexicon
*Éva Bárány-Szabadkai: ''Háy László''. In: Magyar közgazdászok arcképvázlatai (ed. István Mihalik). Budapest, Neumann Kht., 2005. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hay, Laszlo 1891 births 1975 deaths Hungarian economists Hungarian communists Government ministers of Hungary Governors of the Hungarian National Bank Communist Party of Germany politicians Hungarian emigrants to Austria Hungarian expatriates in Germany Hungarian expatriates in the Soviet Union People from Jászberény Jewish Hungarian politicians

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