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| Losonczi, Pál |
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(päl l sh n´ts ) (KEY) , 19192005, Hungarian Communist politician. He joined the Communist party in 1945 and became a member of parliament in 1953. Active in the cooperative farm program, Losonczi was minister of agriculture (196067). He was Hungarian president from 1967 to 1987. |
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