Árpád Duka-Zólyomi (8 May 1941 – 26 July 2013) was a Hungarian

nuclear physicist Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter. Nuclear physics should not be confused with atomic physics, which studies the ...

, university teacher and

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

from

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

. He was deputy of National Council from 1992 to 2004 and

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

with the

Party of the Hungarian Coalition The Hungarian Alliance (; , Szövetség–Aliancia) is a political party in Slovakia for the ethnic Hungarian minority, previously known simply as the "Alliance", it was founded when "Party of the Hungarian Community" and Most–Híd merged i ...

, part of the

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian democracy, Christian democratic, liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative, and conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other p ...

, from 2004 to 2009. Duka-Zólyomi was born in

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

. He studied gymnasium in

Galanta Galanta (, ) is a town with about 15,000 inhabitants in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. It is situated 50 km due east of the Slovak capital Bratislava. Etymology The name is derived from a Slavic name ''Golęta'' (initially a collective name ...

and then from 1958 to 1960 worked as laborer. From 1962 to 1968, he studied

nuclear reactor physics Nuclear reactor physics is the field of physics that studies and deals with the applied study and engineering applications of chain reaction to induce a controlled rate of fission in a nuclear reactor for the production of energy.van Dam, H., van d ...

at the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) () is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It is also the oldest non-military technical universi ...

,Árpád Duka-Zólyomi: Životopis
then worked as researcher and teacher at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of

Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

. From 1976 to 1989 he was researcher at Laboratory of Neutron Physics of

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, ), in Dubna, Moscow Oblast (110 km north of Moscow), Russia, is an international research center for nuclear sciences, with 5,500 staff members including 1,200 researchers holding over 1,000 ...

(

Dubna Dubna ( rus, Дубна́, p=dʊbˈna) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of '' naukograd'' (i.e. town of science), being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and o ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

), after he returned to Comenius University in Bratislava, where he worked until 2008. From 1968 to 1970, he was chairman of Association of Hungarian Youth in Slovakia. He was a member of the political party

Coexistence Coexistence is the property of things existing at the same time and in a proximity close enough to affect each other, without causing harm to one another. The term is often used with respect to people of different persuasions existing together, ...

(1991-1998 vicechairman), then in 1998, the party merged into Party of the Hungarian Coalition, when he was from 1998 to 2005 vicechairman. In 1992 elections he was elected as member of National Council and reelected again in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

. In 2004 elections he was elected as member of European Parliament for Slovakia. In EP he was substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a vice-chair of the Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Belarus. He was also chairman of the Slovak-Hungarian group of the

Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU; , UIP) is an international organization of national parliaments. Its primary purpose is to promote democratic governance, accountability, and cooperation among its members; other initiatives include advancing g ...

(1998-2004), member of the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1995-2002), member of the

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is a regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization comprising member states in Europe, North America, and Asia. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, the p ...

Parliamentary Assembly (2002-2004) and member of the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

Parliamentary Assembly (1999-2004). He died on 26 July 2013.http://www.eppgroup.eu/press-release/Slovakia%3A-condolences-for-Árpád-Duka-Zólyomi Slovakia condolences for Árpád Duka Zólyomi
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References

Hungarian physicists

External links

Personal webpage
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duka-Zolyomi, Arpad 1941 births 2013 deaths Scientists from Bratislava Hungarians in Slovakia Slovak nuclear physicists Academic staff of Comenius University Czech Technical University in Prague alumni Party of the Hungarian Community politicians Party of the Hungarian Community MEPs MEPs for Slovakia 2004–2009 Politicians from Bratislava Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1992–1994 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998–2002 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2002-2006