Balázs Horváth
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Balázs Horváth | |
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Minister of the Interior of Hungary | |
In office 23 May 1990 – 21 December 1990 | |
Preceded by | Zoltán Gál |
Succeeded by | Péter Boross |
Personal details | |
Born | Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | August 13, 1942
Died | 2 July 2006 Veszprém, Hungary | (aged 63)
Political party | MDF, National Forum |
Profession | politician |
Balázs Horváth (13 August 1942, Budapest – 2 July 2006) was a former Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum.
He was a lawyer, a graduate of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. In 1988 he was among the founders of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, in 1990 for several months served as interior minister in the government of József Antall. Later he left the Hungarian Democratic Forum, for a time was an independent MP, in 2004, he founded the National Forum with several representatives, which entered into a coalition with Fidesz block. On behalf of the Fidesz won a parliamentary mandate in April 2006, but died two months later. His nephew, Zsolt Horváth succeeded him in that position.
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