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 | (1942-08-13)13 August 1942 |
| Died | 2 July 2006(2006-07-02) (aged 63) |
| Political party | MDF, National Forum |
| Profession | politician |
Balázs Horváth (13 August 1942,Budapest – 2 July 2006) was an Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of theHungarian Democratic Forum.
He was a lawyer, a graduate of theFaculty of Law of theEötvös Loránd University inBudapest. In 1988,
he was among the founders of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, in 1990 for several months served as interior minister in the government ofJózsef 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 withFidesz 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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| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior 1990 | Succeeded by |
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