Lajos Für (21 December 1930 – 22 October 2013) was a
Hungarian politician and historian, who served as
Minister of Defence
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between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 1996 he was also chairman of the
Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), the ruling conservative party led by late prime minister
József Antall to his death in 1993.
Für was born in
Egyházasrádóc. He participated in the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
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. In later years, he was active in
Magyar Gárda, a
paramilitary
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Overview
Though a paramilitary is, by definiti ...
organization which had connections to
Jobbik
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Ori ...
and was described as
neo-fascist
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. He died, aged 82, on 22 October 2013, in
Budapest
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.
Personal life
He was married with Friderika Bíró, with whom he had two children, Ágnes and Balázs. Ágnes was the wife of the Hungarian
Fidesz
Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (; ) is a national-conservative political party in Hungary led by Viktor Orbán. It has increasingly identified as illiberal.
Originally formed in 1988 under the name of Alliance of Young Democrats () as ...
-politician
Tamás Deutsch.
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
References
External links
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
Ministers of defence of Hungary
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998)
Hungarian nationalists
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