Béla Serényi Explained

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Order1:Minister of Agriculture of Hungary
Term Start1:17 January 1910
Term End1:10 June 1913
Predecessor1:Ignác Darányi
Successor1:Imre Ghillány
Term Start2:11 February 1918
Term End2:31 October 1918
Predecessor2:Sándor Wekerle
Successor2:Barna Buza
Birth Date:1866 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Pest, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Profession:politician
Party:Liberal Party, Party of National Work

Count Béla Serényi de Kis-Serény (16 June 1866 – 14 October 1919) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture twice: between 1910–1913 and in 1918.

He was born into a Hungarian noble family in Pest. His parents were Count László Serényi, a landowner in Putnok and Countess Ludmilla Bubna de Littlicz. He finished his studies in the Theresianum, Vienna and studied law in Budapest. He was a member of the House of Magnates, where he supported the government's religion politics in his speeches. Later he politicized in the House of Representatives. He served as Minister of Trade from 1917 to 1918. Serényi left the Party of National Work in 1916.

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