Aristocratic statesman who led Hungary’s delegation to the Paris peace talks in 1920 and pleaded for revising Trianon at the League
A count born in Vienna, he entered parliament in 1877 and was a leading orator for half a century. As education minister in 1906–1910 he drafted the Apponyi laws of 1907, which imposed Hungarian-language teaching on non-Hungarian schools. He led the Hungarian delegation at the Paris peace talks in January 1920 and spoke on 16 January, without changing the terms, and in March lost the regency vote to Horthy. Thereafter, as a legitimist opposition deputy and Hungary’s representative at the League of Nations, he denounced the injustice of the Trianon borders. He died in Geneva in 1933, where he had come for the Disarmament Conference.
Activities and affiliations
- 1920–1933 Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary
- 1906–1910 Education · Hungary
- 1877–1933 Legislature and state representation · Hungary
Career Timeline
- 1877Enters parliament
- 1906–1910Education minister; Apponyi laws of 1907
- 1920Heads the peace delegation in Paris
- 1920Loses the regency vote to Horthy
- 1923–1933Representative at the League of Nations