| Károly Vekov | |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
| Death Place: | Debrecen, Hungary |
| Nationality: | Romanian |
| Occupation: | Historian Professor |
Károly Vekov (26 September 1947 – 7 October 2020) was a Hungarian-Romanian historian and professor.[1] He also served as a politician in Romania as part of the Hungarian community.
After his secondary studies in Arad, Vekov graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca in 1971. He worked as a researcher at the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History, working there from 1971 to 1990. A member of Limes Kör, a secret circle of Hungarians in Romania opposed to the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime. He lived in Cluj-Napoca following the Romanian Revolution in 1989 and became a secretary in the national office of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania party. He became a secondary school professor at Brassai Sámuel Líceum, then served as director of the Catholic school Római Katolikus Líceum from 1995 to 2000. He served as a municipal councillor in Cluj-Napoca, Regional Councillor of Cluj County, and a member of the Parliament of Romania from 2000 to 2004.
Károly Vekov died in Debrecen on 7 October 2020 at the age of 73.[2]