Boross Government

Boross Government
63rd Cabinet of Hungary
Date formed	21 December 1993
Date dissolved	15 July 1994
People and organisations
Head of state	Árpád Göncz (Ind.)
Head of government	Péter Boross
Member party	MDF EKgP KDNP
Status in legislature	Majority 201 / 386 (52%)
Opposition party	SZDSZ MSZP Fidesz FKgP MIÉP
Opposition leader	Iván Pető (SZDSZ) Gyula Horn (MSZP) Viktor Orbán (Fidesz) József Torgyán (FKgP) István Csurka (MIÉP)
History
Election(s)	-
Outgoing election	1994 election
Legislature term(s)	1990–1994
Predecessor	Antall Government
Successor	Horn Government

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:

MDF	10
EKgP	3
KDNP	3
Independents	2

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