István Vásáry (29 January 1887 – 25 August 1955) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

between 1944 and 1945 in the Interim National Government. He studied law in his birthplace. He was the mayor of

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between 1928 and 1935. He became representative as member of the Smallholders Party in 1939. After 1945, he led the party's right-wing side. On 12 March 1946, he was excluded from the party due to the pressure of the

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. Vásáry retired from the politics in 1947.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

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