Domokos Kosáry

Who was Domokos Kosáry?

Domokos Kosáry was a Hungarian historian and writer who served as president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1990 until 1996.

Kosáry was born in Selmecbánya and opposed the German occupation and collaboration with Hungary during World War II. He lost influence in Hungary after the war due to the Communist takeover of the country for being too "bourgeois." He was imprisoned for his oppoistion to Communism following the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Kosáry was unanimously elected president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1990 and was re-elected to a second three year term in 1993. He led the effort to introduce newer, more democratic bye laws at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.The new laws governing the HAS were enacted by the Parliament of Hungary in 1994.

Kosáry died in Budapest, Hungary, on November 15, 2007, at the age of 95.