Boross government

Boross Government

63rd Cabinet of Hungary
Date formed21 December 1993
Date dissolved15 July 1994
People and organisations
Head of state
Árpád Göncz
Head of government
Péter Boross
Member party
Status in legislature
Majority
Opposition party
Opposition leader
Iván Pető (SZDSZ)
History
Election-
Outgoing election
1994 election
Legislature terms1990–1994
PredecessorAntall
SuccessorHorn

The Boross government was the second cabinet of Hungary after the fall of Communism. It was established on 21 December 1993 under the leadership of Péter Boross, as a coalition of the Hungarian Democratic Forum, United Smallholders' Party and Christian Democratic People's Party. It was formed after the death in office of Prime Minister József Antall on 12 December 1993, upon which the then interior minister Boross became acting prime minister immediately. He was later confirmed in office with a vote of 201 members of parliament over a week later. The cabinet was essentially unchanged from Antall's, with the exception of Imre Kónya taking over Boross's former post of Interior Minister. The government was defeated in the 1994 Hungarian parliamentary election, and subsequently Boross resigned on 15 July 1994 in favor of Gyula Horn.

Party breakdown

Party breakdown of cabinet ministers:

10
3
3
2

Vote in Parliament

Election of the Prime Minister
Péter Boross (MDF)
Ballot → 21 December 1993
Required majority → 192 out of 382 check
Yes
201 / 382
No
152 / 382
Abstain
  • • EKgP (2)
  • • MIÉP (2)
  • • Independent (2)
5 / 382
Not voting
24 / 382

Composition

Office Image Incumbent Political party In office
Prime Minister Péter Boross MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Internal Affairs Imre Kónya MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Foreign Affairs Géza Jeszenszky MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Finance Iván Szabó MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Industry and Trade János Latorcai KDNP 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Agriculture János Szabó EKgP 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Justice István Balsai MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Welfare László Surján KDNP 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Culture and Public Education Ferenc Mádl Independent 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Defense Lajos Für MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Labour Gyula Kiss EKgP 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister for the Environment and Water János Gyurkó MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of Transport, Communications and Water György Schamschula MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister of International Economic Relations Béla Kádár MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister without portfolio
for secret services		 Tibor Füzessy KDNP 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister without portfolio
for compensation		 Ferenc József Nagy EKgP 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister without portfolio
leading the National Technical Development Committee		 Ernő Pungor Independent 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994
Minister without portfolio
for privatization		 Tamás Szabó MDF 21 December 1993 – 15 July 1994

References

József Bölöny: Magyarország kormányai 1848–2004 (Governments of Hungary from 1848 to 2004) Az 1987–2004 közötti időszakot feldolgozta és sajtó alá rendezte Hubai László. 5. bővített és javított kiadás. (the period between 1987 and 2004 was written by László Hubai) Budapest, Akadémiai Kiadó. 2004. ISBN 963-05-8106-X