László Kapolyi (7 June 1932 — 28 November 2014) was a Hungarian mining engineer, businessman and politician, member of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( , MTA) is Hungary’s foremost and most prestigious learned society. Its headquarters are located along the banks of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. The Academy's primar ...

. His research areas included rock mechanics as well as energy management and policy. Between 1983 and 1987 he was Hungary's Minister for Industry. Between 1994 and 2012 and from 2013 he was chairman of the

Hungarian Social Democratic Party The Social Democratic Party of Hungary (, , MSZDP) is a social democratic political party in Hungary. Historically, the party was dissolved during the occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany (1944–1945) and the communist period of Hungary from ...

and between 2002 and 2010 a Member of Parliament sitting with the

Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party (, ), commonly known by its acronym MSZP (), is a centre-left to left-wing social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of t ...

group.

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1932 births 2014 deaths Mining engineers Hungarian engineers Industry ministers of Hungary Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010) Foreign members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Foreign members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Hungarian businesspeople {{Hungary-politician-stub