Balázs Horváth
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Balázs Horváth was a former Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum
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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.
Hungarian Democratic Forum
The Hungarian Democratic Forum , abbreviated to MDF, was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a liberal conservative and Christian democratic ideology...
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He was a lawyer, a graduate of the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. 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
József Antall
József Antall was the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Hungary after the fall of Communism , teacher, librarian, historian and political figure...
. 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.