Ján Langoš (2 August 1946, in

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– 15 June 2006, in Drienovec) was a Slovak politician associated with the

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. He was one of the key dissidents during the era of

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. He served as a minister at Department of Home Affairs (1990–1992) of former Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, appointed by president

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. After the

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he was a member of Parliament and established the Democratic Party. After many years of conviction he succeeded in establishing the National Memory Institute. After finding documentations of crimes of several influential people and trying to open these to public, he died in a car accident. The

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of Tibet was awarded the Ján Langoš Human Rights award in

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by Jan Langos Foundation on 9 September 2009. The Foundation was established by his wife, Gabriela Langošová and his two daughters, Nina and Bipula.
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References

External links

Article about Ján Langoš at radio.cz

Ján Langoš Foundation homepage
1946 births 2006 deaths Politicians from Banská Bystrica Democratic Party (Slovakia, 1989) politicians Interior ministers Government ministers of Czechoslovakia Road incident deaths in Slovakia Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1994-1998 Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 1998-2002 {{Slovakia-politician-stub