Vince Nagy

Vince Nagy
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office 12 December 1918 – 21 March 1919
Preceded by	Tivadar Batthyány
Succeeded by	Jenő Landler and Béla Vágó
Personal details
Born	(1886-03-04)4 March 1886 Szatmárnémeti, Austria-Hungary (today Satu Mare, Romania)
Died	1 June 1964(1964-06-01) (aged 78) New York City, United States
Political party	Independence Party, FKGP, Hungarian Freedom Party, Hungarian Independence Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is losonci Nagy Vince. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Vince Nagy de Losonc (4 March 1886 – 1 June 1964) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1918 and 1919 during the Hungarian Democratic Republic. After the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he returned to Szatmárnémeti, where the occupying Romanian Army imprisoned him for 9 months. From 1922, he was a lawyer. From 1928, he was the chairman of the Independence Party. After the German occupation (March 21, 1944) Nagy had to escape because of his anti-Nazi views. After the Second World War, he rejected the cooperation with the Hungarian Communist Party (as a Smallholders Party member) and so he was excluded, along with 18 other members from the party.

From 1948, he lived in the United States. He took part in Hungarian emigrant politics. Among other positions, he was an advisor at the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Works

• Szálasi és társai a vádlottak padján

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• Markó László: Ki kicsoda a magyar történelemben, Helikon, 2005