Horn Government | |
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![]() 64th Cabinet of Hungary | |
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Date formed | 15 July 1994 |
Date dissolved | 8 July 1998 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Árpád Göncz (Ind.) |
Head of government | Gyula Horn |
Member party | |
Status in legislature | Supermajority grand coalition 278 / 386 (72%) |
Opposition party | |
Opposition leader | Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) Lajos Für, Sándor Lezsák (MDF) József Torgyán (FKgP) |
History | |
Election | 1994 election |
Outgoing election | 1998 election |
Legislature term | 1994–1998 |
Predecessor | Boross Government |
Successor | First Orbán Government |
The Horn government was the third government in Hungary after the change of regime, which was formed from a coalition of two parties, the MSZP and the SZDSZ. The coalition had a two-thirds majority in Parliament, but voluntarily agreed to amend the two-thirds laws only if there was a consensus with the opposition. The government took the oath of office on July 15, 1994. After their defeat of the 1998 elections, Prime Minister Gyula Horn's term expired on 6 July 1998, and the other cabinet members' 8 July 1998.
Party breakdown
[edit]Beginning of term
[edit]Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the beginning of term:
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End of term
[edit]Party breakdown of cabinet ministers in the end of term:
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Composition
[edit]Office | Image | Incumbent | Political party | In office | |
Prime Minister | ![]() |
Gyula Horn | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 6 July 1998 | |
Minister of Internal Affairs | ![]() |
Gábor Kuncze | SZDSZ | 15 July 1994 - 8 July 1998 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | László Kovács | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 8 July 1998 | ||
Minister of Finance | ![]() |
László Békési | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 28 February 1995 | |
Lajos Bokros | MSZP | 18 February 1995 - 29 February 1996 | |||
Péter Medgyessy | Independent | 29 February 1996 - 8 July 1998 | |||
Minister of Industry and Trade | László Pál | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 15 July 1995 | ||
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Imre Dunai | Independent | 15 July 1995 - 5 September 1996 | ||
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Tamás Suchman | MSZP | 5 September 1996 - 15 October 1996 | ||
Szabolcs Fazekas | Independent | 15 October 1996 - 8 July 1998 | |||
Minister of Agriculture | László Lakos | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 15 December 1996 | ||
Frigyes Nagy | MSZP | 15 December 1996 - 8 July 1998 | |||
Minister of Justice | Pál Vastagh | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 8 July 1998 | ||
Minister of Social Affairs | Pál Kovács | MSZP | 15 July 1994 - 15 March 1995 | ||
György Szabó | MSZP | 15 March 1995 - 30 November 1996 | |||
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Mihály Kökény | MSZP | 30 November 1996 - 8 July 1998 |
References
[edit]Mária Baranyi: Egy előszoba titkai – Horn Gyula közelről 1994–1998 (Athenaeum 2000, published in 2010) ISBN 9789632930466
József Bölöny: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 (Governments of Hungary from 1848 to 2004) Az 1987–2004 közötti időszakot feldolgozta és sajtó alá rendezte Hubai László. 5. bővített és javított kiadás. (the period between 1987 and 2004 was written by László Hubai) Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó. 2004. ISBN 963-05-8106-X