Miklós Lukáts

Miklós Péter Lukáts (27 March 1946 – 30 October 2022) was a Hungarian Lutheran minister and politician who served in the National Assembly of Hungary from 1990 until 1994.

A founding member of the Christian Democratic People's Party, Lukáts was a key figure in the end of communism in Hungary and oversaw the transition in Hungarian religious policy in his position as State Secretary for Church Affairs.

[1][2] Lukáts's father died when he was young, and he was primarily raised by his grandfather, a former judge who remained politically active.

Though initially trained as an architect, Lukáts became the presbyter of the Lutheran Church of Fasor [hu] in 1971, a position he would hold for decades.

During his tenure, Lukáts was one of the organisers for visits by Pope John Paul II and the 14th Dalai Lama to Hungary.