Gömbös’s successor as prime minister in 1936–1938, who announced the Győr programme and introduced the First Jewish Law
Born in Budapest, he began his civil-service career in Pest County in 1909 and after the revolutions was head of Győr and Komárom counties. He entered parliament in 1927 and became Gömbös’s minister of agriculture in 1935. Succeeding Gömbös as prime minister in October 1936, he promised a return to Bethlen’s constitutional course and in 1937 banned the Party of National Will and had Szálasi imprisoned. In March 1938 he announced the Győr programme, but after the Anschluss he brought pro-German politicians into the cabinet and negotiated with the extreme right, and resigned in May. The First Jewish Law his government introduced passed under Imrédy, and from December 1938 until his death he was Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Activities and affiliations
- 1936–1938 Government and administration · Hungary
- 1935–1936 Agriculture and land policy · Hungary
- 1927–1939 Legislature and state representation · Hungary
Career Timeline
- 1909Civil servant in Pest County
- 1920년대Head of Győr and Komárom counties
- 1927Member of parliament
- 1935Minister of agriculture
- 1936–1938Prime minister
- 1938Announces the Győr programme
- 1938–1939Speaker of the House of Representatives
Related historical events
- 1919–1938The Horthy regime: from the White Terror to the turn to the rightPrime minister (1936–1938)Banned the Party of National Will and announced the Győr programme; after the Anschluss he brought pro-German politicians into the cabinet and negotiated with the extreme right, and resigned in May 1938.
- 1938–1944.03Hungary on the Axis side: from the Vienna Awards to the DonPrime minister (1936–1938)Introduced the First Jewish Law to appease both the Nazis and Hungarian antisemites, and stepped down in May 1938 in favour of Imrédy.