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Követ / Deputy (Hungarian Diet)

deputy

also: követ, képviselő, county delegate

In the pre-1848 Hungarian Diet, each county sent two 'követek' (deputies/delegates) to represent it in Pozsony; election as a követ was both a political honour and a livelihood, making it the object of the power struggle at the heart of Csak tréfa.

Reading notes

Only a Joke §1 deputy
In the Hungarian Diet (parliament) of the Reform Era, a 'követ' or deputy was a county-elected representative; the word also meant 'ambassador,' giving Lorán's election a dignity his enemies wish to strip.