István Sarlós
Hungarian politician (1921-2006)
István Sarlós (30 October 1921 – 19 June 2006) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1984 and 1988.
Sarlós was born in Budapest. His parents (István Scheithauer, later Sarlós and Erzsébet Till) were members of the Social Democratic Party and had been since 1922. His father was deported by members of the Arrow Cross Party because of his participation in the rebel movements. He died in the Dachau concentration camp in 1944. Sarlós' brother, Ferenc, held the position of Chief of the Budapest District XVII (Rákosmente) Police.
He became a member of the National Assembly of Hungary in 1963, and remained a member until 1990. In 1966 Sarlós was appointed member of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. He also held the position of deputy chairman of the National Council of the Patriotic People's Front. He was the chief editor of the newspaper Népszabadság between 1970 and 1974.
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