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Biographies of Key Personalities
923 Biographies of Key Personalities Committee. He resettled in Hungary in 1989. Member ofParliament after 1994. 677, 688-689 Vas, István 315, 317, 325, 336 Vas, Zoltán (1903-1983) Hungarian politician. He was imprisoned (192540). Mayor of Budapest (194546). Secretary of the Chief Economic Council (1946-49). President of the State Planning Office until 1952. Commissioner of supplies in October 1956. 86, 138, 253, 286 Vásárhelyi, Miklós (1917-2001) Hungarian journalist and politician. Chief press officer dining the 1956 Revolution. Deported to Romania, he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in 1958, but was released with the amnesty in VI. 77, 166. 252. 697. 704. 783 Vass, János 456 Vég, Béla 85 Verde(, Ilie 134 Veres, Péter (1897-1970) Hungarian writer and politician. Member ofParliament (1945-70). Minister ofconstnrction and public labor (1947). Minister of defense (194748). President of the Hungarian Writers’ Association (195 4 56). 254 VidiC, Dobrivoje 194-195 Vidovics, Ferenc (19001976) Hungarian. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944. Deputy secretary-general of the Small-holders' Party (1945). Member of the National Assembly. He was arrested in 1946. He participated in the 1956 Revolution. He emigrated. 688 Vollgnrber, Alois 210 Voltaire, Fran؟ois-Marie Arouet 572 Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich (1881-1969) Soviet politician and marshal. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (192141). Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council (1925-34). Member of the Politburo (1926-60). President of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union (1953 40). 88, 414-415, 433, 659 Vörösváry, István 691 Wagner, Johann 223