Pál Vastagh (born 23 September 1946) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as

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between 1994 and 1998. He joined to the

Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (, , MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working People's Party during the Hungaria ...

(MSZMP) in 1966. During the democratic changes in Hungary (1989–1990) he supported the communist rule and the

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which Vastagh called the "people's army". In 1989 he was a founding member of the

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. He became ambassador to

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in 2006; as a result of that he resigned from his parliamentarian seat.

References

* MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda Zrt., Budapest, 2008, 1166. old., ISSN 1787-288X
Vastagh Pál országgyűlési adatlapja

Vastagh Pál életrajza az MSZP honlapján
1946 births Living people Members of justice of Hungary Hungarian communists Hungarian Socialist Party politicians Hungarian diplomats Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1994–1998) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1998–2002) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010) Ambassadors of Hungary to Canada {{Hungary-politician-stub