Zsigmond Kunfi

The native form of this personal name is Kunfi Zsigmond. This article uses the Western name order.

Zsigmond Kunfi


Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
In office 6 November 1918 – 19 January 1919
Preceded by	Károly Unkelhäusser
Succeeded by	post abolished
Personal details
Born	(1879-04-28)28 April 1879 Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary
Died	18 November 1929(1929-11-18) (aged 50) Vienna, Federal State of Austria
Political party	MSZDP
Profession	politician, journalist

Zsigmond Kunfi (born as Zsigmond Kohn; 28 April 1879 – 18 November 1929) was a Hungarian politician who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs and as Minister of Labour and Welfare between 1918 and 1919.

His views were near to Karl Kautsky's. Kunfi was a member of the Hungarian National Council from 1918. As minister of Croatian Affairs, he was entrusted with the ministry's liquidation. In Dénes Berinkey's government he was appointed Minister of Education. He held this position also during the Hungarian Soviet Republic as People's Commissar. Kungfi resigned from his position and called for the dictatorship's liquidation. After that he emigrated to Austria. He worked as editor-in-chief of the Arbeiter Zeitung.

Kunfi committed suicide in Vienna.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Károly Unkelhäusser	Minister of Croatian Affairs 1918–1919	Succeeded by post abolished
Preceded by Sándor Juhász Nagy	Minister of Education 1919	Succeeded by György Lukács

Ministers of Education of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	J. Eötvös Batthyány Horváth

Kingdom of Hungary	J. Eötvös Szlávy Pauler Trefort Baross Csáky L. Eötvös Wlassics Berzeviczy G. Lukács (*1865) Tost Apponyi Székely Zichy Jankovich Apponyi Zichy

Transition period	Lovászy Juhász Nagy Kunfi G. Lukács (*1885) Pogány (opposed by P. Teleki) Garbai Imre Huszár

Regency	Haller Jó. Vass Klebelsberg Ernszt Karafiáth Hóman P. Teleki Hóman Szinyei Merse Antal Rakovszky

Transition period	Rajniss Szálasi G. Teleki Keresztury

Communist Hungary	Ortutay Darvas Erdey-Grúz Kónya Kállai Benke Ilku Nagy Polinszky Pozsgay Köpeczi Czibere Glatz

Republic of Hungary	Andrásfalvy Mádl Fodor Magyar Pokorni Pálinkás Magyar Hiller

Ministers of Culture	Révai Darvas G. Lukács (*1885) Orbán Pozsgay Hámori Rockenbauer Görgey Hiller Bozóki

Minister of Religion	Já. Vass

Minister of Higher Education	Erdey-Grúz

Minister of National/Human Resources	Réthelyi Balog

Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary (1868-1919)

Kingdom of Hungary	Bedeković P. Pejačević Bedeković E. Josipović Cseh Tomašić Cseh Kovačević Wekerle G. Josipović Khuen-Héderváry G. Josipović Tisza T. Pejačević Tisza Hideghéthy Zichy Unkelhäusser Kunfi

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 20740817 LCCN: n82052359 ISNI: 0000 0000 7870 3866 GND: 128628960 SUDOC: 087605880 BNF: cb12716531z (data)

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