Ágoston Valentiny

Ágoston Valentiny
Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office 22 December 1944 (officially 28 March 1945) – 21 July 1945
Preceded by	László Budinszky
Succeeded by	István Ries
Personal details
Born	(1888-10-06)October 6, 1888 Kalocsa, Austria-Hungary
Died	21 August 1958(1958-08-21) (aged 69) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party	MSZDP
Profession	politician, jurist

The native form of this personal name is Valentiny Ágoston. This article uses the Western name order.

Ágoston Valentiny (6 October 1888 - 21 August 1958) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice in the Interim National Government. He was born into a working class family with six children. His father was a machine fitter and engineer. Valentiny finished his law studies in Kolozsvár. He joined the Hungarian Social Democratic Party on 1 January 1919. During the German occupation in 1944 he was interned. After the "Liberation" of Szeged he became mayor of the town. He was a member of the Interim National Assembly.

After the 1945 elections he had to resign from the ministerial position because of the communists' attacks. After that he worked as a lawyer. He was arrested and sentenced in a show trial in 1950. He was set free after five years. After his death he was rehabilitated.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by László Budinszky	Minister of Justice 1944–1945	Succeeded by István Ries