Pál Vastagh

Pál Vastagh
Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office 15 July 1994 – 8 July 1998
Preceded by	István Balsai
Succeeded by	Ibolya Dávid
Member of the National Assembly
In office 5 February 1990 – 28 June 1994
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-23) 23 September 1946 (age 78) Nagyszénás, Second Hungarian Republic
Political party	MSZMP, MSZP
Children	3
Profession	politician, jurist, diplomat

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.

• MTI Ki Kicsoda 2009, Magyar Távirati Iroda Zrt., Budapest, 2008, 1166. old., ISSN 1787-288X
• Vastagh Pál országgyűlési adatlapja
• Vastagh Pál életrajza az MSZP honlapján

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