Lajos Für (21 December 1930 – 22 October 2013) was a Hungarian politician and historian, who served as

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...

between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 1996 he was also chairman of the

Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum ( hu, Magyar Demokrata Fórum, MDF) was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a Hungarian nationalist, national-conservative, Christian-democratic ideology. The party was represented continuously in the ...

(MDF), the ruling conservative party led by late Prime Minister

József Antall József Tihamér Antall Jr. ( hu, ifjabb Antall József Tihamér, ; 8 April 1932 – 12 December 1993) was a Hungarian teacher, librarian, historian, and statesman who served as the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, holdin ...

to his death in 1993. Für was born in Egyházasrádóc. He participated in the

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...

. In later years, he was active in

Magyar Gárda Magyar Gárda Mozgalom (English: ''Hungarian Guard Movement'') founded by Magyar Gárda Hagyományőrző és Kulturális Egyesület (English: ''Hungarian Guard Association for Preservation of Traditions and Culture'') was a patriotic-nationalist ...

, a

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organization which had connections to

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and was described as

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. He died, aged 82, in

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.Meghalt Für Lajos

Personal life

He was married with Friderika Bíró, with whom he had two children, Ágnes and Balázs. Ágnes was the wife of the Hungarian

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-politician

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Publications

*''A csákvári uradalom a tőkés gazdálkodás idején'' (1970) *''Mennyi a sok sírkereszt? Magyarország embervesztesége a második világháborúban'' (1987) *''Hol vannak a katonák?'' (1988) *''Kisebbség és tudomány'' (1989) *''Világjáró magyarok'' (1990) *''Sors és történelem'' (1991) *''Szabadon szeretnék sírni'' (1993) *''Jobbágyföld – parasztföld'' (1994) *''Magyar sors a Kárpát-medencében'' (2001) *''Az én történelmem I.'' (2003) *''A Varsói Szerződés végnapjai – magyar szemmel'' (2003) *''"Ne bántsd a magyart!". Bartók és Kodály történelemszemlélete''; Kairosz, Bp., 2005 *''Bevérzett mámor, 1956''; Kairosz, Bp., 2006 *''Világjáró magyarok''; 2nd ed.; Ligatura, Szentendre, 2009 *''Kárpát-medencei létünk a tét''; Kairosz, Bp., 2010

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Dr. Lajos Für
(in Hungarian) 1930 births 2013 deaths People from Vas County People of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Hungarian Democratic Forum politicians 20th-century Hungarian historians Defence ministers of Hungary Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998) {{Hungary-politician-stub