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Károly Vekov (26 September 1947 – 7 October 2020) was a Hungarian-Romanian historian and professor.[1] He also served as a politician in Romania as part of the Hungarian community.
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Károly Vekov | |
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 Image: László Horváth | |
| Born | 26 September 1947 |
| Died | 7 October 2020 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Professor |
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.[2]
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