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Hungarian-Romanian historian (1947–2020) The native form of this personal name is Vekov Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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Károly Vekov
Image: László Horváth
Born26 September 1947
Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic
Died7 October 2020(2020-10-07) (aged 73)
Debrecen, Hungary
NationalityRomanian
Occupation(s)Historian
Professor

Károly Vekov (26 September 1947 – 7 October 2020) was a Hungarian-Romanian historian and professor. He also served as a politician in Romania as part of the Hungarian community.

Biography

After his secondary studies in Arad, Vekov graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca in 1971. He worked as a researcher at the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, working there from 1971 to 1990. A member of Limes Kör, a secret circle of Hungarians in Romania opposed to the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime. He lived in Cluj-Napoca following the Romanian Revolution in 1989 and became a secretary in the national office of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania party. He became a secondary school professor at Brassai Sámuel Líceum, then served as director of the Catholic school Római Katolikus Líceum from 1995 to 2000. He served as a municipal councillor in Cluj-Napoca, Regional Councillor of Cluj County, and a member of the Parliament of Romania from 2000 to 2004.

Károly Vekov died in Debrecen on 7 October 2020 at the age of 73.

Publications

  • Székely felkelések. 1595–1596 (1978)
  • Locul de adeverire din Alba Iulia. Secolele XIII–XVI (2003)
  • Structuri juridico-militare şi sociale la secui în evul mediu (2003)
  • Istoriografia maghiară din Transilvania în secolul al XVI-lea (2004)
  • A gróf emigrált, az író itthon maradt. Wass Albert igazsága (2004)

References

  1. "Elhunyt Vekov Károly kolozsvári politikus és történész". ErdélyiNapló.ro (in Hungarian). 7 October 2020.
  2. "Részvétnyilvánítás: Elhunyt Vekov Károly történész". Erdon (in Hungarian). 9 October 2020.
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