László Balás-Piri

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László Balás-Piri (Budapest, 19 July 1935 - 17 February 2018) 1956 Revolutionary, Political Prisoner, Vice President of the Historical Justice Committee, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Central and Eastern European History and Society Public Research Foundation.

Career
In addition to studying at the Pharmacy Faculty of Budapest University of Medicine, he obtained a diploma in pharmacy engineering. Because of his revolutionary activity in 1956, he was arrested in 1957, and his studies were interrupted. First 3 years 6 months, second in 2 years 6 months imprisonment. He was released on April 29, 1960 after several months of extra pressure. He was then an auxiliary worker, coachman, furniture carrier, visitor-painter, holiday attendant, while he did not obtain a license for performing artist. From 1990 onwards he was involved in in newspapers and periodicals. It was released in 1993 as the documentary of People in White - 1956. Vice-Chairman of the Historical Justice Committee, curator of the 1956 Foundation. Since 1999 he has been chairing the Board of Trustees of the Central and Eastern European Society for Researching History and Society.

He died on February 17, 2018 at the age of 82.