Background
BOGNAR, Jozsef was born on February 5, 1917 in Szombathely. Son of Gyula Bognar and Erzsebet Kutrovits.
BOGNAR, Jozsef was born on February 5, 1917 in Szombathely. Son of Gyula Bognar and Erzsebet Kutrovits.
In Budapest; literature and philosophy.
Joined the “March Front" Resistance Movement during 1939-1945 war. Joined Smallholders Party, organizer and Secretary 1945. Minister of Information 1946.
Mayor of Budapest 1947-1948.
Minister of Internal Trade 1948-1953, of Internal and Foreign Trade 1953-1954, of External Trade 1954-1956. Professor, of Economics, Karl Marx University of Economics Science, Budapest since 1957.
Chairman Hungarian World Alliance since 1959. President Institute for Cultural Relations 1961-1969.
Economics Adviser to Ghanaian Government 1962.
Vice-President Presidium Patriotic People"s Front since 1965. Chairman Committee for Planning and Budget Hungarian Parliament. 1966-1988; Correspondent.
Director Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy, of Sciences 1966-1987.
Director-General Hungarian Academy, of Sciences Engaged in Economics since 1988. President Hungarian Scientific Council for World Economy since 1969.
President Hungarian Economics Society.
Parliament. since 1945; Hungarian Academy, of Sciences 1966-1973. Hungarian Academy, of Sciences since 1973. Club of Rome since 1980, Institute Prospects Academy, Geneva since 1983, Panel of Special Advisers, Institute Federation Instituts of Advanced Studies since 1983.
Advisory Council, United Nations Institute for Training and Research since 1983.
Council United Nations University 1983-1986. Editor Board The New Hungarian Quarterly, Mondes en developpement, Paris, Asian Journal of Economics, India.
Married Ida Kutzian in 1946.