The lawyer from Târgumureşean Kincses Előd died on Tuesday, writes the Hungarian language press in Romania. Prior to 1990, Kincses defended Pastor László Tőkés in the trial in Timișoara with the communist authorities, a process that was then led to the outbreak of the December 1989 Revolution. In March 1990, Kincses Előd was involved in the bloody interethnic conflict in Târgu-Mureș. Regretted by UDMR now, he has never been put on the lists for Parliament.
Előd Kincses, lawyer, publicist and prominent personality of Hungarian public life in Transylvania, died at the age of 84, informs the UDMR organization in Târgu Mureș, quoted by the publication.
“We were deeply saddened to find out about the death of Előd Kincses, a prominent figure in the public life in Târgu Mureș. Előd Kincses played an important role in establishing a new democratic order in Târgu Mureș after the fall of the dictatorship. He defended justice in situations in which he had to pay for a lot. of the Hungarian community in Mureș County. Romania ”, is shown in the post on the Social Page of the UDMR.
Kincses Előd was born on October 2, 1941 in Târgu Mureș. He finished his high school in his hometown at Bolyai Farkas High School, then obtained a law license from the University of Bucharest in 1964. He worked as a legal adviser and then as a lawyer in his hometown until 1970. He was a member of the Romanian Bar, writes the publication szekelyon.ro.
According to the Hungarian publication Maszol, in March 1990, Kincses Előd held the position of vice -president of the provisional council of the national unity in Târgu Mureș County. On March 19, 1990, he resigned from this position under the pressure of the Romanians from Târgu Mureș who protested against him. A few days later, fearing reprisals, he fled to Hungary, where he could return to his hometown for only six and a half later.
He was the lawyer of the Hungarian ethnic man convicted for the aggression of Mihăilă Cofariu, aggressor fled to Hungary. Kines also published an available book in Romanian, “Black March in Tîrgu-Mureș” and published several articles on the Contributors website. Last, in February 2025.
A portrait
The journalist Balazs Barabas published on Wednesday on the RFI website, a homage portrait, entitled “Kincses, the lonely fighter for justice.”
“Lawyer Előd Kincses was 48 in 1989, and was László Tőkés's lawyer in the Timișoara process against the reformed pastor. Defending a dissident in the Ceausescu regime was practically assuming a permanent persecution. Kincses took this risk, although he worked on the diploma. Mureș, and finished the Faculty of Law in Bucharest in 1964. In 1989, his tenacity and Tőkés, and of course of the Timisoara who defended him on the street, led to the outbreak of the Revolution.
In 1990 he was the vice -president of the Interim Council of Mureș County. Although he could not prevent the outbreak of violence on March 19-20, 1990, he personally stopped hundreds of Hungarians from Harghita and Covasna counties to go to Târgu Mureș in support of the Hungarians. Kincses believed that the Bucharest government was interested in escalating the conflict, which had to be stopped at any price. And has succeeded. After finishing the events of that time, it was the target of many accusations and lived for a period in Hungary and Austria. Later he returned to the country, but he never gave up researching the events of March 1990, convinced that only the total clarification can ensure that these things will never be repeated, ”writes Balazs Barabas.
Tőkés's lawyer remained
“After that, László Tőkés's lawyer remained in several lawsuits, among which the one regarding the withdrawal of the Romanian Star of Iohannis. He never considered any case to be lost, fought until the last moment for what he believed. UDMR in many important issues.
“In translation, Kincses means the man with treasures. Előd was even one who permanently wore treasures. Viosia, permanent optimism, tenacity in promoting a case, dedication to the causes of his community will keep his living memory among those who knew him,” adds RFI journalist.
