Géza Polónyi Explained

Géza Polónyi
Order:Minister of Justice of Hungary
Term Start:8 April 1906
Term End:2 February 1907
Predecessor:Gusztáv Gegus
Successor:Antal Günther
Birth Date:3 April 1848
Birth Place:Zsitvakenéz, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Profession:politician, jurist
Party:Independence Party

Géza Polónyi (3 April 1848  - 2 February 1920) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1906 and 1907. He was a major politician of the Independence Party. He actively took part in the filibuster against the government in 1903. After his resignation he criticized the governing party many times (especially interior minister Gyula Andrássy the Younger). During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he was interned.

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