Péter Boross
| Péter Boross | |
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| Prime Minister of Hungary | |
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In office 12 December 1993 – 15 July 1994 Acting to 21 December 1993 |
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| President | Árpád Göncz |
| Preceded by | József Antall |
| Succeeded by | Gyula Horn |
| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 21 December 1990 – 21 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Balázs Horváth |
| Succeeded by | Imre Kónya |
| Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services | |
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In office 19 July 1990 – 21 December 1990 |
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| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | András Gálszécsy |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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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 | |
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27 August 1928 Nagybajom, Hungary |
| Political party | MDF (1992–2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Ilona Papp (m. 1952; d. 2010) |
| Children | Ildikó Gábor |
Péter Boross (born 27 August 1928) is a Hungarian politician, former member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from December 1993 to July 1994. He assumed the position upon the death of his predecessor, József Antall, and held the office until his right-wing coalition was defeated in election by the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), which was led by his successor Gyula Horn. Prior to his premiership, Boross functioned as Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services (1990) and Minister of the Interior (1990–1993). He was also a Member of Parliament from 1994 to 1998 and from 2006 to 2009.
Péter Boross was born in Nagybajom on 27 August 1928 as the son of forest engineer György Boross (1896–1993), who participated in the First World War from 1915 to 1918. Returning home, he became a member of the Order of Vitéz. His mother, Lujza Horváth (1905–1993) came from a smallholder farming family, a distant branch of the extinct noble Perneszi family in Somogy County. Boross has a younger brother, László (born 1932), a teacher. The Boross children raised in their birthplace and Újvárfalva, where their wealthy step-grandmother lived. They finishied six-grade elementary school in Újvárfalva. In 1938, Boross started his military secondary studies at Hunyadi Mátyás Honvéd Secondary School and Institution in Kőszeg, then attended the Zrínyi Miklós Honvéd Corps Cadet School in Pécs since 1942. As a result of the Soviet invasion during the closing period of the Second World War, the entire cadet school moved to Sopron at the end of 1944. From there, Boross was also transferred to Butzbach, Germany, however he successfully escaped and defected from the German Army. He returned to Hungary through Vienna. Boross finally took his school-leaving exam at Somssich Pál Secondary Grammar School in Kaposvár in 1947, with a year delay due to the Second World War.
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