Károly Huszár

Károly Huszár
Head of State of Hungary Acting
In office 24 November 1919 – 1 March 1920
Preceded by	István Friedrich
Succeeded by	Miklós Horthy (Regent)
Prime Minister of Hungary
In office 24 November 1919 – 15 March 1920
President	himself Miklós Horthy as Regent
Preceded by	István Friedrich
Succeeded by	Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Personal details
Born	10 September 1882 Nussdorf, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died	29 October 1941 (aged 59) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	Catholic People's Party, KNEP, Unity Party, Party of National Unity
Profession	politician, teacher

Károly Huszár de Sárvár (1882–1941) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister and acting Head of State of Hungary from 1919 to 1920.

Biography

Huszár was born in 1882 Nussdorf am Attersee (now Austria). In 1919 with the collapse of the communist Hungarian Soviet Republic, he was appointed Minister of Religion and Education in an interim cabinet composed of former members of the anti-Communist government in Szeged.

In November 1919 Huszár was appointed Prime Minister and provisional head of state. He served until the official re-establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary on 1 March 1920.

Károly Huszár died on 29 October 1941 in Budapest at the age of 59 years.

References

• Hungarian Biographical Lexicon
• Macartney, C. A.:October fifteenth : a history of modern Hungary, 1929–1945, p. 23-25. Edinburgh : The University Press, 1957
• Szilassy, Sándor: "Hungary at the Brink of the Cliff 1918–1919", East European Quarterly 3(1), 1969, p. 95-109