Honorific-Prefix: | Count |
Móric Esterházy | |
Honorific-Suffix: | de Galántha et Fraknó |
Nationality: | Hungarian |
Order: | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary |
Term Start: | 15 June |
Term End: | 20 August 1917 |
Predecessor: | István Tisza |
Successor: | Sándor Wekerle |
Birth Date: | 27 April 1881 |
Birth Place: | Majk (today Oroszlány), Kingdom of Hungary |
Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Spouse: | Countess Margit Károlyi de Nagykároly |
Children: | Mátyás Benedek Esterházy Marcel Gyula Esterházy Menyhert Alajos Esterházy Monika Margit Esterházy[1] |
Count Móric Esterházy de Galántha et Fraknó (27 April 1881 – 28 June 1960) was a Hungarian aristocrat and politician.
He served as prime minister for a few months during World War I, after the fall of István Tisza. His attempts at reform were defeated by Tisza's conservative forces, and he quickly resigned, to be replaced by the weak administration of Sándor Wekerle. After the war he devoted himself to the management of his large estate. For the Christian Economic Party, he became a member of the Hungarian Parliament again in 1931[2] and a representative of his party in the important Economic Committee.[3]
Móric Esterházy was the grandfather of football player Márton Esterházy (1956–) and writer Péter Esterházy (1950–2016).