István Bibó (7 August 1911,

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– 10 May 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian lawyer, civil servant, politician and political theorist.

Life

During the Hungarian Revolution he acted as the Minister of State for the Hungarian National Government. When the

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invaded to crush the rebellious government, he was the last Minister left at his post in the

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. Rather than evacuate, he stayed in the building and wrote his famous proclamation, "

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", as he awaited arrest.Biography
Bibó was arrested on 23 May 1957 and sentenced to life imprisonment on 2 August 1958 but released in the 1963 amnesty. Bibó received a law degree from the Franz Joseph University and later taught there. He also received a PhD from the

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, in Geneva.

His works

* The Crisis of Hungarian Democracy. ''Valóság'' October 1945 (Hungarian) * The poverty of Eastern European small states
A kelet-európai kisállamok nyomorúsága
Új Magyarország, Bp., 1946 ); Misère des petits États d'Europe de l'Est. L'Harmattan, 1986 (out of print); Albin Michel,

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, 1993, (the current edition). * The Paralysis of International Institutions and the Remedies. A Study of Self-Determination, Concord among the Major Powers, and Political Arbitration. With an Introduction by Bernard Crick. The Harvester Press, Hassocks, 1976. XI, 152 p. (English) * ''Democracy, Revolution, Self-Determination: Selected Writings''. Edited by Károly Nagy. Translated by András Boros-Kazai. Columbia University Press, New York, 1991. * ''The Art of Peacemaking: The Political Essays of István Bibó.'' New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.

Memory

* Bibo Prize founded in

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(1980) * 5000 Forint coin issued by the

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(2011) * The Budapest

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named a special honors society/extracurricular studies program after Bibo – the Bibo Istvan Szakkollegium. The society is open to students of law or political sciences who pass a rigorous entrance exam. Attaining membership in the society is considered an honor of its own.

References

External links

István Bibó, English

Bibo Istvan Szakkollegium
* Reprinted from: ''The Paralysis of International Institutions and the Remedies''. London: The Harvester Press, 1976,
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'' 1911 births 1979 deaths Politicians from Budapest People from the Kingdom of Hungary Hungarian Calvinist and Reformed Christians National Peasant Party (Hungary) politicians Government ministers of Hungary People of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Franz Joseph University alumni Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies alumni {{Hungary-bio-stub