Ibolya Dávid (born 1954 in Baja, Hungary) is a Hungarian lawyer, politician, she was the president of the

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(MDF) between 1999 and 2010. Dávid was the Hungarian Minister of Justice between 1998 and 2002. She was the only female Minister in the government of

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. After the MDF fraction was disbanded, Dávid was a member of the Hungarian Parliament as an independent. Dávid made the controversial decision to nominate

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, a former minister in Gyula Horn's MSZP government, to the

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on the MDF party list which led to some members leaving the party. In the 2010 parliamentary election the Hungarian Democratic Forum continued its downward trend and missed the 5% electoral threshold, leaving it shut out of parliament. Ibolya Dávid resigned on 11 April 2010, after the first round. Károly Herényi became her acting successor.

References

* MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda Zrt., Budapest, 2008, 237. old., ISSN 1787-288X
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