Lajos Simonyi Explained

Lajos Simonyi
Order:Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary
Term Start:11 March 1875
Term End:21 August 1876
Predecessor:György Bartal
Successor:Ágoston Trefort
Birth Date:1824 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Ternopil, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Profession:politician
Party:Left Centre, Liberal Party

Baron Lajos Simonyi de Barbács et Vitézvár (13 April 1824 – 12 December 1894) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1875 and 1876. He studied law in Kassa. From 1847 he was a delegate on the Diet in Pest. He participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he performed courier service besides Artúr Görgey. As a result, he was imprisoned for a short time. Later he was a supporter of László Teleki. Simonyi retired from politics in 1878.

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