Lajos Simonyi

Lajos Simonyi
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary
In office 11 March 1875 – 21 August 1876
Preceded by	György Bartal
Succeeded by	Ágoston Trefort
Personal details
Born	(1824-04-13)13 April 1824 Ternopil, Austrian Empire
Died	12 December 1894(1894-12-12) (aged 70) Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Left Centre, Liberal Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is barbácsi és vitézvári báró Simonyi Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Baron Lajos Simonyi de Barbács et Vitézvár (13 April 1824 – 12 December 1894) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1875 and 1876. He studied law in Kassa. From 1847 he was a delegate on the Diet in Pest. He participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he performed courier service besides Artúr Görgey. As a result, he was imprisoned for a short time. Later he was a supporter of László Teleki. Simonyi retired from politics in 1878.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• PIM OPAC