Imre Horváth (Hungarian politician, born 1944)

Not to be confused with Imre Horváth (Hungarian politician, born 1901).

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

Imre Horváth in 2014

Imre Horváth (28 June 1944 – 27 April 2021)^[1] was a Hungarian politician.^[2] He was a member of the National Assembly of Hungary in the Budapest 11 constituency for the Hungarian Socialist Party from 2014 to 2018. He was elected in a by-election, following the death of fellow party member Péter Kiss.^[3]

On 22 November 2017, Imre Horváth announced, he quit the MSZP, because the party did not nominate him as candidate in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election in Újpest.^[4] Later Imre Horváth announced to the Index, that he was not entering other political parties, he was running as an independent in 2018, in Újpest.^[5] He received 2.34 percent of the vote during the election, thus lost his parliamentary seat.

References

1. Virág, Farkas Ágnes (2021-04-27). "Meghalt Újpest egykori országgyűlési képviselője". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
2. "Horváth Imre | mszp.hu". Hungarian Socialist Party. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
3. "Socialist Imre Horváth Won The Battle Of Újpest - Hungary Today". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
4. "Az LMP-hez sorolhat át az MSZP-ből kilépő Horváth Imre". MNO.hu. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
5. Barbara, Thüringer. "Nem lép be más pártba az MSZP-ből kilépett Horváth Imre" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-11-27.