László Békesi
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László Békesi is a Hungarian
Hungary
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 politician, who served as Minister of Finance twice: between 1989-1990 and from 1994 to 1995.

Early life

He was an athlete when he was ten years old, he was member of the national youth team. He finished high-school studies in Cegléd
Cegléd
Cegléd is a city in Pest county, Hungary, approximately southeast of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.-Name:There are discussions going on about the origin of the name of the town...

. He could have got into the university without admission one, because he was honored on the OKTV
OKTV
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 educational competition. However the Eötvös Loránd University did not admit him. According to the institution Békesi's material conditions were not provided for his learning, because his father died early. However the real reason was that he derived from a religious family. Békesi became a breadwinner, he worked for parish councils of Albertirsa
Albertirsa
Albertirsa is a town in Ceglédi kistérség, Pest megye, and the middle of the Great Hungarian Plain. Although it has got its town status in 2003, still has its village-scent that is so common for most of the inhabitations in the region.- History :Initially Albertirsa was two separate inhabitations:...

 and Dánszentmiklós
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. Later he was put it on for the Financial and Accountancy College's evening course later. His teacher was Lajos Faluvégi
Lajos Faluvégi
Lajos Faluvégi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1971 and 1980. He attended at the Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences. From 1945 he served as head of a department for the Ministry of Finance...

, who later became Minister of Finance and dealt with the economical reform.

From 1967 he worked as a chief accountant
Accountant
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 for the Council of Pest County in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. He joined to the MSZMP in 1968 and he was appointed head of the financial department and later general deputy chairman of the Council of Pest County. He became economical vice president of the Capital Council of Budapest in 1975 and member of the Committee of Planning Board.

Békesi graduated at the Karl Marx Karl Marx University of Economic Sciences
Corvinus University of Budapest
The Corvinus University of Budapest is one of the most prestigious Hungarian universities located in Budapest, Hungary. The university offers degrees in multiple disciplines, but it is characterised by its programmes in economics and management. -History:...

.
His speciality is the councils' farming from the collegiate years, later this was supplemented with the public finance and the questions of the fiscal systems.

First ministerial term

His political and vocational career rose in parallel with. He was appointed titular university professor in 1981, during that time also served as economic-political secretary of the party's Committee of Budapest. Until 1985 he was member of the Central Committee's economic panel. In 1984 he was also member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, which decided about the boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

 (Los Angeles
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) at this time. The committee voted for the boycotting beside three abstentions and one "not" vote. Békesi was one of the three abstentioners. That's why he lost his secretarier position in 1985 and received a party disciplinary action. However István Hetényi
István Hetényi
István Hetényi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1980 and 1986.-References:* * *...

supported him and made him to his substitute. László Békesi was the communist regime's last Minister of Finance between 10 May 1989 and 23 May 1990.
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