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Péter Boross
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Boross in 2014
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| Prime Minister of Hungary | |
| In office 12 December 1993 – 15 July 1994 Acting: 12 December 1993 – 21 December 1993 |
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| President | Árpád Göncz |
| Preceded by | József Antall |
| Succeeded by | Gyula Horn |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 21 December 1990 – 21 December 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | József Antall Himself (acting) |
| Preceded by | Balázs Horváth |
| Succeeded by | Imre Kónya |
| Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services | |
| In office 19 July 1990 – 21 December 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | József Antall |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | András Gálszécsy |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 16 May 2006 – 31 January 2009 |
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| In office 28 June 1994 – 17 June 1998 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 August 1928 Nagybajom, Hungary |
| Political party | MDF (1992–2010) |
| Spouse |
Ilona Papp
(m. 1952; died 2010) |
| Children | 3 |
Péter Boross (born on August 27, 1928) is a Hungarian politician who is now retired. He was a member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) party. From December 1993 to July 1994, he served as the Prime Minister of Hungary. He became Prime Minister after the death of the previous leader, József Antall. Boross stayed in office until his political group lost the 1994 Hungarian parliamentary election. Before becoming Prime Minister, he was the Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services in 1990. He also served as the Minister of the Interior from 1990 to 1993. Péter Boross was also a Member of Parliament for two terms: from 1994 to 1998 and from 2006 to 2009.
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Growing Up: Péter Boross's Early Years
Péter Boross was born in Nagybajom, Hungary, on August 27, 1928. His father, György Boross, was a forest engineer who fought in the First World War. His mother, Lujza Horváth, loved Hungarian books and plays. Péter also has a younger brother named László.
Péter went to elementary school in Újvárfalva. In 1938, he began military high school studies. During the end of the Second World War, his school moved to Germany. Péter managed to escape and return to Hungary. He finished high school in 1947.
In 1951, he graduated from Eötvös Loránd University with a law degree. He wanted to be a lawyer, but the job was not well-respected at the time. So, he started working at the Metropolitan Council of Budapest.
During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Péter Boross was part of a revolutionary committee. Because of this, he was fired from his job in 1957. He then worked odd jobs, even making toys. He was arrested for his role in the revolution and held for a short time. After his release, he and his family were watched by the police until 1959.
Working Life: From Catering to Leadership
In October 1957, Péter Boross started working in the catering industry. He was an inspector of stores. However, he was fired again because of his past involvement in the 1956 revolution. He then worked as a bartender at the Szikla Restaurant in the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. Later, he moved to the buffet at the Széchenyi thermal bath.
In 1958, he became an assistant manager at a restaurant in Kőbánya. By 1961, he was a manager, and his financial situation became stable. He also became a group leader in trade for the local Catering Company in 1962. In this role, he helped organize training for people working in Hungarian hotels and tourism.
In 1965, Péter Boross was promoted to Deputy Director of the South-Pest Catering Company. This company managed many restaurants and food businesses. He became the Director of the South-Pest Catering Company on December 21, 1971. He retired from this job on February 1, 1989.
Starting in Government: Important Roles
Péter Boross had been friends with József Antall since the 1950s. After the 1990 election, when the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) won, Prime Minister Antall asked Boross to join his team. On May 30, 1990, Boross became a Political Secretary of State in the Prime Minister's Office.
Less than two months later, on July 19, 1990, Boross was promoted. He became a Minister without a specific department, in charge of Civilian Intelligence Services. This meant he oversaw important security agencies. One of his first tasks was to remove former communist secret service leaders.
On December 21, 1990, Boross was appointed Minister of the Interior. This made him the second-highest-ranking member of the government. As Minister, he reorganized how law enforcement worked. He also helped develop laws for local governments.
Péter Boross was not part of a political party until August 17, 1992, when he officially joined the MDF. By early 1993, he became a member of the MDF's national board and a vice-president of the party. When Prime Minister Antall became very ill, Boross temporarily took over his duties. Antall passed away on December 12, 1993.
Becoming Prime Minister of Hungary
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After József Antall's death, Péter Boross became the acting Prime Minister of Hungary on December 12, 1993. The MDF party then chose him as their candidate for Prime Minister. On December 21, 1993, the National Assembly officially elected Boross as Prime Minister.
His government mostly kept the same people in charge. Because of this, the government from 1990 to 1994 is often called the "Antall–Boross cabinet."
In January 1994, Boross met with leaders from other Central European countries in Prague. They discussed important international topics, like the possibility of Hungary joining NATO. Boross also met with the Prime Minister of Russia, Viktor Chernomyrdin, to talk about financial matters. He also asked Chernomyrdin to speak with Slobodan Milošević about the interests of Hungarians living in Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars.
In February 1994, Boross visited France and met with President François Mitterrand. In March 1994, he visited German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Bonn.
In the 1994 parliamentary election, the Socialist party, led by Gyula Horn, won by a lot. Even though they had enough seats to govern alone, Horn decided to form a coalition with another party, the Alliance of Free Democrats. This gave them a very strong majority. Péter Boross was succeeded by Gyula Horn as Prime Minister in July 1994.
After Being Prime Minister
After the 1994 election, the MDF party lost many seats. Péter Boross was elected as a Member of Parliament from Budapest. He became the Chairman of the National Security Committee.
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In 1995, Boross resigned as vice-president of the MDF because he disagreed with the party's direction. In 1996, many members, including 15 Members of Parliament, left the MDF to form a new party. Boross stayed with the MDF but resigned from his committee leadership role. He lost his seat in the 1998 election.
After 1998, Boross became a political advisor to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Orbán's party, Fidesz, won the election, and the MDF was part of the government. However, Boross's relationship with Orbán became difficult by 2001. Boross also criticized the government's economic plans. In 2003, he left the MDF's national board.
In 2006, he was elected as a Member of Parliament again. However, he disagreed with the MDF party's new direction, which was moving more towards the left. He strongly opposed some of the party's decisions. As a result, Boross resigned from his parliamentary seat on January 31, 2009. He completely left the MDF party on January 25, 2010.
Later Years and New Ideas
After the 2010 election, Péter Boross joined a group advising Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on a new Hungarian constitution. In this role, Boross shared his ideas about how the government should be structured.
In 2010, he gave an interview where he suggested that the government should encourage people to have children. He believed that having children was important for the nation.
In 2015, during the European migrant crisis, Boross shared his views on immigration to Hungary. He supported the building of a fence on the Hungarian border. He also said that the situation was different from when Hungarian refugees left the country after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
In 2016, Boross gave a speech for the 60th anniversary of the 1956 revolution. He spoke about the importance of the revolution and criticized some foreign statements about Hungary.
Péter Boross's Family Life
Péter Boross's father passed away in 1993 at the age of 97. His mother died five weeks later.
On September 13, 1952, Péter Boross married Ilona Papp, who was a judge. Their church wedding took place in March 1953. Ilona passed away on July 31, 2010.
Their first child, Péter Jr., died at nine months old in 1958. They later had two more children: a daughter named Ildikó, who became a lawyer, and a son named Gábor, who worked as an agronomist. Gábor passed away in 2018.
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