Endre Sík

Endre Sík
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
In office 15 February 1958 – 13 September 1961
Preceded by	Imre Horváth
Succeeded by	János Péter
Personal details
Born	(1891-04-02)2 April 1891 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	10 April 1978(1978-04-10) (aged 87) Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Political party	MKP, MDP, MSZMP
Children	Igor
Relatives	Sándor Sík (brother)
Profession	politician, jurist, historian, writer

The native form of this personal name is Sík Endre. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Endre Sík (2 April 1891 – 10 April 1978) was a Hungarian historian, politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1958 and 1961. He was the younger brother of the priest Sándor Sík who was also a poet and piarist teacher.

During the First World War he was captured by the Russians. After that he lived in the Soviet Union. In 1920, he joined the Soviet Communist Party. In 1945, he returned to Hungary, and became a communist politician. He was deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs(1954–1958), then minister (1958–1961).

In his scientific work, he studied the history of African ethnic groups. He obtained the Doctor of Sciences degree of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1962.

His book, Vihar a levelet, containing his recollections on the Soviet Union in the 1930s, was banned and withdrawn immediately after appearance.

Works

• Fekete Afrika története I–IV (The history of Black Africa), Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1961–1973.
  • in English: Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III, Vol. IV
• Vihar a levelet, Zrínyi Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 1970.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon