János Zichy | |
Order1: | Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary |
Term Start1: | 1 March 1910 |
Term End1: | 26 February 1913 |
Predecessor1: | Ferenc Székely |
Successor1: | Béla Jankovich |
Term Start2: | 8 May 1918 |
Term End2: | 31 October 1918 |
Predecessor2: | Albert Apponyi |
Successor2: | Márton Lovászy |
Birth Date: | 1868 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nagyláng, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Nagyláng, Kingdom of Hungary |
Profession: | politician |
Signature: | Zichy János aláírása.jpg |
Party: | Catholic People's Party, Constitution Party, Party of National Work, Catholic Economical and Social Party |
Spouse: | Margit Zichy |
Children: | János Pál György |
Count János Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (30 May 1868 – 6 January 1944) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1910–1913 and in 1918. He was a member of the House of Magnates from 1894. He was the chairman of the Catholic People's Party for many years, but he resigned in 1903. He joined the Constitution Party in 1906. When the party collapsed, he became a member of the Party of National Work.
During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he participated in the movements against the communists. In 1922, he was elected to the Diet of Hungary. Zichy was a legitimist politician, he founded the legitimist Christian Economic and Social Party (KGSZP).[1] He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.