Ferenc Chorin ( Arad 11 May 1842 –

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, 20 January 1925) was a Hungarian politician and a member of the

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(today in

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) and descended from a rabbi. He was among the first Jews elected to the

Hungarian parliament The National Assembly ( ) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to four-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proportional representation: a mixed-member ...

(1867). He converted to Christianity and was made a life member of the parliament's upper house, the

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(1903). Apart from politics, he was a mining company executive. He died in Budapest and is buried in the

Kerepesi cemetery Kerepesi Cemetery (Hungarian: ''Kerepesi úti temető'' or ''Kerepesi temető'', official name: ''Fiumei úti nemzeti sírkert'', i.e. "Fiume Road National Graveyard") is the most famous cemetery in Budapest. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in ...

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