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Pál Teleki

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Pál Teleki

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Also known as Pal Teleki, Paul Teleki

Prime Minister of Hungary (1879–1941)

Person · Open Library

Born
1879
Died
1941
Works
28

Top works

  • Európáról és Magyarországról
  • A földrajzi gondolat története
  • A gazdasági élet földrajzi alapjai
  • Short notes on the economical and political geography of Hungary
  • The evolution of Hungary and its place in European history

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Hungary

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Key facts

Monarch
Vacant
Deputy
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer
Regent
Miklós Horthy
Preceded by
Béla Imrédy
Succeeded by
László Bárdossy
Prime minister
Béla Imrédy
Born
( 1879-11-01 ) 1 November 1879, Budapest , Austria-Hungary
Died
3 April 1941 (1941-04-03) (aged 61), Budapest, Hungary
Cause of death
Suicide by firearm
Resting place
Máriabesnyő Cemetery
Party
Unity Party
Other political affiliations
National Constitution Party , KNEP
Spouse
Countess Johanna von Bissingen-Nippenburg
Children
2, including Géza Teleki
Parent
Géza Teleki (father)
Alma mater
University of Budapest ( PhD )
Occupation
Politician · Geographer
Awards
Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary

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Encyclopedic overview

Count Pál János Ede Teleki de Szék (1 November 1879 – 3 April 1941) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1920 to 1921 and from 1939 to 1941. He was also an expert in geography, a university professor, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and chief scout of the Hungarian Scout Association. He descended from an aristocratic family from Transylvania.

Teleki tried to keep Hungary neutral during the early stages of the Second World War despite cooperating with Nazi Germany to regain Hungarian territory lost in the Treaty of Trianon. When Teleki learned that German troops had entered Hungary en route to invade Yugoslavia, effectively killing hopes of Hungarian neutrality, he committed suicide.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pál Teleki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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