1985
1985
17 Jan. The Hungarian Council of Ministers approves the working document containing the longterm trends of scientific research.
17-19 Jan. Norwegian prime minister Kaare WiIloch visits Hungary.
4 March The session of the TUC elects Tibor Baranyai as general secretary
25-28 March The 13th Congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party elects János Kádár as first secretary of the Central Committee.
Alternate members of the Central Committee: György Aczél, Sándor Gáspár, Károly Grósz, Ferenc Havasi, Csaba Hámori, János Kádár, György Lazár, Pál Losonczi, László Maróthy, Károly Németh, Miklós Óvári, István Sarlós and István Szabó. Central Committee secretaries: János Berecz, János Havasi, István Horváth, Miklós Óvári, Lénárd Pál and Mátyás Szűrös. Deputy secretary general: Károly Németh. Chairman of the Central Control Committee: András Gyenes
31 March-1 Apr. Prime minister György Lázár leaves for Moscow. They sign a long-term programme of Hungarian-Soviet economic and technical-scientific cooperation, valid until 2000.
18-19 Apr. Parliament adopts the new law on edu-cation, the resolution on the long-term tasks of territorial and settlement development, and autho-rizes the Hungarian government to sign the docu-ment on the prolongation of the Warsaw Treaty.
23-24 Apr. Romanian prime minister C. Dascalescu stays in Hungary on an official, fraternal visit.
6-10 May The general assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences elects Iván T. Berend as president.
8 June Parliamentary and local council elections in Hungary. This is the first time that the double-candidate system becomes compulsory.
12-14 June Swedish prime minister Olof Palme arrives for an official visit to Hungary.
28 June The first session of the newly formed Hungarian Parliament elects its officials. President of the Presidential Council: Pál Losonczi. President of the Council for Constitutional Rights: Mihály Korom. Parliament approves the proposal of the Presidential Council concerning the composition of the government. President of the Council of Ministers: György Lázár. Deputy presidents: László Maróthy, Lajos Czinege, Judit Csehák, Lajos Faluvégi and József Marjai.
15 Aug. An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale hits the region between Berhida and Peremarton (county Veszprém).
15-21 Sept. Prime minister György Lázár pays an official visit to Japan.
19-21 Sept. The president of the Indonesian Republic, T.N. Suharto, pays an official visit to Hungary.
24-25 Sept. János Kádár, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, travels to the Soviet Union on a fraternal working visit.
27 Sept.-4 Oct. Pál Losonczi, president of the Presidential Council, pays official visits to Angola, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Guinea and Egypt.
10-12 Oct. Norbert Steger, Austrian chancellor, minister for trade and industry, pays an official visit to Hungary.
31 Oct.-2 Nov. János Kádár, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, pays an official visit to Great Britain.
26 Nov. The European Cultural Forum completes its work in the Budapest Convention Center.
5 Dec. The cabinet approves the programme of the social-economic application of electronics.
11 Dec. János Kádár, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, leaves for Austria.
13-15 Dec. 8th Congress of the Patriotic People’s Front.
16-17 Dec. George Shultz, secretary of state of the United States, conducts talks in Budapest.
19-20 Dec. Parliament puts the 7th Five Year Plan into force.
