deaths
October 22, 2013
Lajos Für, Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930)
Lajos Für
Lajos Für was a Hungarian politician and historian, who served as Minister of Defence between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 1996 he was also chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), the ruling conservative party led by late prime minister József Antall to his death in 1993.
Minister of Defence (Hungary)
The minister of defence of Hungary is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Defence. The defence minister appoints the Chief of General Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces. The current minister is Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.
October 22
October 22 is the 295th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 70 days remain until the end of the year.