István Balsai
István Balsai | |
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Minister of Justice | |
| In office 23 May 1990 – 15 July 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Kálmán Kulcsár |
| Succeeded by | Pál Vastagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1947 Miskolc, Hungary |
| Died | 1 March 2020 (aged 72) |
| Political party | MDF (1988–2005) Independent (2005–2020) |
| Children | Szabolcs István |
| Profession | politician, jurist |
István Ákos Balsai (5 April 1947 – 1 March 2020) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as
Professional career
Balsai was born in Miskolc on 5 April 1947, the son of public prosecutor József Balsai (1915–1969) and teacher Mária Szalontai (1917–1991). His father participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, as a result he was fired from his job and forced to work as a manual worker until his death. István Balsai finished his elementary and secondary studies in Budapest, where the family had lived since 1943. He earned a doctor of law at the Faculty of Law of the Eötvös Loránd University in 1972. He became a trainee lawyer in that year. He passed the special exam in 1974, and began to work for Budapest no. 21 Lawyer Working Community until the end of the Communist period. He worked as a private lawyer from 1995 to 2007.[1]
István Balsai married lawyer Ilona Schmidt in 1973. They have two sons, Szabolcs (b. 1976) and István (b. 1982), both of whom are lawyers.[1]
Political career
He joined the
Balsai was re-elected MP from the MDF national list in the
Balsai joined the Fidesz parliamentary group after six months.[2] He ran as a Fidesz candidate in the 2006 parliamentary election, but did not join the party itself. After the 2010 parliamentary election, he was elected president of the parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Justice and Rules of Procedure.[2] He was commissioned to investigate the unlawful measures during the 2006 protests in Hungary by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 2010. Balsai said in the report dated 15 March 2011 that the investigation had also uncovered possible grounds for raising the charge of the perpetration of an act of terror. The author said that it is necessary to investigate whether former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány should take political and legal responsibility for the police's behavior. "In the course of my investigation I came to the conclusion that October 23 [was] the symbol of the most grievous offenses … [and a symbol of] the Gyurcsány government's violent and paranoid exercise of power," Balsai wrote in the document. The full Balsai Report was published in September 2011.[4]
He was elected to a member of the Constitutional Court of Hungary with the effect 1 September 2011. As a result, he resigned from his parliamentary seat and other political positions on 31 August 2011.[5] He served in this capacity until his death. Balsai died on 1 March 2020 due to an incurable disease.[6]
References
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ Országgyűlés.
- ^ "MDF: Lakitelek munkacsoport alakult 13 képviselővel". index.hu (in Hungarian). 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Balsai-jelentés: 2006. október 23. a legdurvább jogsértések szimbóluma". Demokrata (in Hungarian). 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Megválasztották az öt új alkotmánybírót". index.hu (in Hungarian). 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
- ^ "Meghalt Balsai István alkotmánybíró". origo.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-22.
Sources
- MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda Zrt., Budapest, 2008, 63. old., ISSN 1787-288X
- Balsai István országgyűlési adatlapja
- Balsai István életrajza a Nemzeti Fórum honlapján
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