predecessor successor birth_place profession party birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
andrás benkei jános kamara jános kamara zoltán gál paks politician mszmp 1 september 1935 minister of the interior of hungary 24 april 1980 16 december 1987 istván horváth
 29 march 1985 23 january 1990 istván horváth
istván horváth

istván horváth -lrb- 1 september 1935 , paks -rrb- is a former hungarian communist politician , who served as interior minister twice : between 1980 -- 1985 and between 1987-1990 .
horvath studied law at elte .
he joined the mszmp in 1956 .
he was the first secretary of kisz -lrb- 1970 -- 1973 -rrb- , first secretary of the mszmp party committee in bács-kiskun county -lrb- 1973 -- 1980 -rrb- , member of the central committee -lrb- 1970 -- 1989 -rrb- , secretary of the latter -lrb- 1985 -- 1987 -rrb- .
member of the hungarian parliament -lrb- 1971 -- 1975 -rrb- and of the presidential council -lrb- 1971 -- 1975 -rrb- .
he was first interior minister between 1980 -- 1985 .
he tried some careful reforms .
on the other hand , he participated in the creation of cc-decisions concerning the opposition , and in his time was carlos in hungary , although horváth opposed carlos 's visit in hungary .
horváth 's second period as interior minister -lrb- 1987 -- 1990 -rrb- has no special characteristic .
he submitted his resignation when it became clear that the secret police kept the opposition under surveillance even in the last days of the kádár regime .
