Pál Vastagh Explained

Pál Vastagh
Order:Minister of Justice of Hungary
Term Start:15 July 1994
Term End:8 July 1998
Predecessor:István Balsai
Successor:Ibolya Dávid
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
Term Start2:5 February 1990
Term End2:28 June 1994
Birth Date:23 September 1946
Birth Place:Nagyszénás, Second Hungarian Republic
Profession:politician, jurist, diplomat
Children:3
Party:MSZMP, MSZP

Pál Vastagh (born 23 September 1946) is a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1994 and 1998. He joined to the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) in 1966. During the democratic changes in Hungary (1989–1990) he supported the communist rule and the Workers' Militia which Vastagh called the "people's army". In 1989 he was a founding member of the Hungarian Socialist Party. He became ambassador to Ottawa, Canada in 2006; as a result of that he resigned from his parliamentarian seat.

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