Balázs Horváth

Balázs Horváth (13 August 1942, Budapest – 2 July 2006) was an Interior minister of Hungary. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum.

Balázs Horváth
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 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	2 July 2006(2006-07-02) (aged 63) Veszprém, Hungary
Political party	MDF, National Forum
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Horváth Balázs. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

He was a lawyer, a graduate of the Faculty of Law 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.