Pál Sennyey

Pál Sennyey
Speaker of the House of Magnates
In office 9 December 1865 – 22 March 1867
Preceded by	György Apponyi
Succeeded by	György Majláth Jr.
In office 16 December 1884 – 3 January 1888
Preceded by	László Szőgyény-Marich
Succeeded by	Miklós Vay
Personal details
Born	24 April 1822 Buda, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	3 January 1888 (aged 65) Battyán, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Conservative Party, Deák Party, Right-wing Opposition
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is kissennyei báró Sennyey Pál. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Baron Pál Sennyey de Kissennye (24 April 1822 – 3 January 1888) was a Hungarian conservative politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates twice; between 1865 and 1867 and from 1884 to 1888, his death. He also functioned as chairman of the Royal Council of Governor (1865–1867), Master of the Treasury (1865–1867) and Lord Chief Justice (1884–1888).

Sennyey strongly opposed the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He participated in development of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise after 1862. He was the leader of the conservative landowners' Right-wing Opposition which left the governing Liberal Party in 1875.

References

• Jónás, Károly - Villám, Judit: A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848–2002. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 197–201