Lajos Für

Lajos Für
Minister of Defence of Hungary
In office 23 May 1990 – 15 July 1994
Prime Minister	József Antall
Preceded by	Ferenc Kárpáti
Succeeded by	György Keleti
Personal details
Born	(1930-12-21)21 December 1930 Egyházasrádóc, Hungary
Died	22 October 2013(2013-10-22) (aged 82) Budapest, Hungary
Political party	MDF (1987–1996)
Spouse	Friderika Bíró
Children	Ágnes Sarolta Balázs
Profession	politician, historian

The native form of this personal name is Für Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Lajos Für (21 December 1930 – 22 October 2013) was a Hungarian politician and historian, who served as Minister of Defence^[1] 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.^[2] In later years, he was active in Magyar Gárda, a paramilitary organization which had connections to Jobbik and was described as neo-fascist.^[3] He died, aged 82, in Budapest.^[4]

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-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

1. "Für flies in inter-family fight on Hungary's right". politics.hu. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
2. "Lajos Für" (in Hungarian). parlament.hu. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
3. "Neo-Fascist Magyar Garda Is 'Hungary's Shame'". Spiegel Online. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
4. Meghalt Für Lajos (in Hungarian)

External links

• Dr. Lajos Für (in Hungarian)

Political offices
Preceded by Ferenc Kárpáti	Minister of Defence 1990–1994	Succeeded by György Keleti
Preceded by Iván Pető	Leader of the Opposition 1994–1996	Succeeded by József Torgyán
Party political offices
Preceded by József Antall	President of the Hungarian Democratic Forum 1994–1996	Succeeded by Sándor Lezsák