Lajos Walko Explained

Lajos Walko
Order1:Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
Term Start1:5 March 1925
Term End1:9 December 1930
Primeminister1:István Bethlen
Predecessor1:Tibor Scitovszky
Successor1:Gyula Károlyi
Term Start2:24 August 1931
Term End2:1 October 1932
Primeminister2:Gyula Károlyi
Predecessor2:Gyula Károlyi
Successor2:Endre Puky
Birth Date:30 October 1880
Birth Place:Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Visegrád, People's Republic of Hungary
Profession:politician
Party:Unity Party

Lajos Walko (30 October 1880 – 10 January 1954) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1925 and 1930. Around half year ago he was also appointed to this position. He worked for the Ministry of Finance. He served as interim Minister of Finance twice and Minister of Trade. As foreign minister he carried a considerable role the Horthy system happened to an external loan in his financial stabilisation. From 1938 he was the president of the Hungarian Commercial Bank in Budapest.

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