Christian Socialist politician who, as minister of religion and education, prepared and tabled the numerus clausus bill of 1920
Born in Mezőpetri, he left the Szatmár seminary after four years to become a journalist, edited the Christian Socialist Igaz Szó and the daily Új Lap, and was general secretary of the Catholic People’s Association from 1908 to 1918. After the fall of the Soviet Republic he was minister of propaganda in the Friedrich government and then, from November 1919 to December 1920, minister of religion and education. He prepared and tabled the numerus clausus bill, often seen as the first anti-Jewish act of twentieth-century Europe. He became chairman of the Christian National Union Party in 1920 but soon lost his seat, and by the time of his arrest in 1945 he was a textile merchant.
Activities and affiliations
Career Timeline
- 1905–1909Edits Igaz Szó and Új Lap
- 1908–1918General secretary of the Catholic People’s Association
- 1919Minister of propaganda in the Friedrich government
- 1919–1920Minister of religion and education
- 1920Tables the numerus clausus bill
- 1945Arrested