István Horthy de Nagybánya II (born 17 January 1941) is a Hungarian
physicist
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and
architect
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, son of
Hungarian deputy regent
István Horthy
István Horthy de Nagybánya (9 December 1904 – 20 August 1942) was a Hungarian politician and fighter pilot during World War II. He was briefly Vice-Regent of Hungary in 1942, and was the eldest son of Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy.
Biog ...
and
, and grandson of Admiral
Miklós Horthy
Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary Hungary between the World Wars, during the ...
who served as
Regent of Hungary
The regent of Hungary was a position established in 1446 and renewed in 1920. It was held by Admiral Miklós Horthy until 1944. Under Hungary's constitution there were two regents, one a regent of the ruling house, called the Nádor, and another ...
from 1920 to 1944. In 1965 he converted to
Islam
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and took the name Sharif Horthy. Horthy is a prominent member of the Indonesian spiritual association
Subud
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,
and has translated works by its founder,
Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo, into English.
He graduated in 1962 with a degree in physics from
Oxford University
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. He earned a second degree in Civil Engineering at
Imperial College
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in 1966. He worked as a consulting engineer in England and later in the
Far East
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where he founded and managed two major Indonesian companies in the fields of consulting engineering, construction, and property development. After years in
Boston
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, Massachusetts, Horthy settled in England. He has been married twice: his first wife was Henrietta Josephine Chamberlain; they have five children. Sharif is currently married to Tuti, a
Javanese woman, and lives with her in
Lewes, East Sussex
Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the South Downs.
A traditional market town ...
.
References
External links
Sharif Horthy rövid életrajza
{{DEFAULTSORT:Horthy, Istvan Jr.
1941 births
Living people
Alumni of Imperial College London
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Converts to Islam
Istvan II
Architects from Budapest
Engineers from Budapest
Hungarian expatriates in Indonesia
Hungarian expatriates in England
Hungarian Muslims
Hungarian nobility
20th-century Hungarian physicists
Hungarian Subud members