Kálmán Katona (8 April 1948 – 5 February 2017) was a Hungarian politician as a member of Parliament and President of the Electorate of the

Hungarian Democratic Forum The Hungarian Democratic Forum (, , MDF) was a centre-right political party in Hungary. It had a Hungarian nationalist, national-conservative, Christian-democratic ideology. The party was represented continuously in the National Assembly from t ...

(MDF) conservative party. He served as Vice-President of the Committee for Economy of the Hungarian Parliament between 1990 and 1994, and as Minister of Transport, Communications and Water Management in the cabinet of

Viktor Orbán Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who has been the 56th prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has also led the Fidesz political party since 200 ...

between July 1998 and May 2000. He was the

candidate for

Mayor of Budapest The Mayor of Budapest (, ) is the head of the General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, elected directly for 5-year term since 2014 (previously municipal elections were held quadrennially). Until 1994 the mayor was elected by the General Assembly. ...

in 2006. He was married since 1973 and had three children. He died on 5 February 2017, aged 69.Meghalt Katona Kálmán volt közlekedési miniszter
index.hu; accessed 7 February 2017.

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1948 births 2017 deaths Government ministers of Hungary Hungarian Democratic Forum politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1990–1994) Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010) People from Pécs {{Hungary-politician-stub