Zsolt Horváth is historian, editor, and teacher. He was born in 1964 in Szombathely. He received his degree in literature, history, and museology from the Loránd Eötvös University of Budapest. He was member of the Eötvös College. Later he completed his PhD in contemporary history at the Loránd Eötvös University. From 2002 to 2011, he was member of Social Research Center Science Library. Since 2012 he has been working for the Institute of History and in 1990 he joined the Foundation of Contemporary History.