Ágoston Valentiny Explained

Ágoston Valentiny
Order:Minister of Justice of Hungary
Term Start:22 December 1944 (officially 28 March 1945)
Term End:21 July 1945
Predecessor:László Budinszky
Successor:István Ries
Birth Date:6 October 1888
Birth Place:Kalocsa, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Profession:politician, jurist
Party:MSZDP

Ágoston Valentiny (6 October 1888 – 21 August 1958) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice in the Interim National Government. He was born into a working-class family with six children. His father was a machine fitter and engineer. Valentiny finished his law studies in Kolozsvár. He joined the Hungarian Social Democratic Party on 1 January 1919. During the German occupation in 1944 he was interned. After the "Liberation" of Szeged he became mayor of the town. He was a member of the Interim National Assembly.

After the 1945 elections he had to resign from the ministerial position because of the communists' attacks. After that he worked as a lawyer. He was arrested and sentenced in a show trial in 1950. He was set free after five years. After his death he was rehabilitated.

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