Károly Huszár

Károly Huszár
Head of State of Hungary Acting
In office 24 November 1919 – 1 March 1920
Preceded by	István Friedrich
Succeeded by	Miklós Horthy (Regent)
Prime Minister of Hungary
In office 24 November 1919 – 15 March 1920 (&100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000112000000112 days)
Preceded by	István Friedrich
Succeeded by	Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Personal details
Born	10 September 1882(1882-09-10) Nussdorf
Died	29 October 1941(1941-10-29) (aged 59) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	Catholic People's Party, KNEP, Unity Party, Party of National Unity
Profession	politician, teacher

The native form of this personal name is sárvári Huszár Károly. This article uses the Western name order.

Károly Huszár de Sárvár (1882–1941) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister and acting Head of State of Hungary from 1919 to 1920.

Biography

Huszár was born in 1882 Nussdorf (now Germany). In 1919 with the collapse of the communist Hungarian Soviet Republic, has been appointed interim government composed of former members of the anti-Communist government in Szeged. He served as Minister of Religion and Education in that cabinet.

In October 1919 Huszár was appointed Prime Minister of Hungary a month later was elected provisional president of the country. March 1, 1920, together with an official of the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary, Huszár lost both his tenure thus far. Accordingly the country has been a leader Admiral Miklós Horthy. Sándor Simonyi-Semadam replaced Huszár in the position of Prime Minister.

Károly Huszár died on 29 October 1941 in Budapest at the age of 59 years.

References

• Hungarian Biographical Lexicon
• Macartney, C. A.:October fifteenth : a history of modern Hungary, 1929-1945, p. 23-25. Edinburgh : The University Press, 1957
• Szilassy, Sándor: "Hungary at the Brink of the Cliff 1918-1919", East European Quarterly 3(1), 1969, p. 95-109

Political offices
Preceded by Sándor Imre	Minister of Religion and Education 1919	Succeeded by István Haller
Preceded by István Friedrich	Acting Head of State of Hungary 1919–1920	Succeeded by Miklós Horthy
	Prime Minister of Hungary 1919–1920	Succeeded by Sándor Simonyi-Semadam