Count János Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (30 May 1868 – 6 January 1944) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1910–1913 and in 1918. He was a member of the House of Magnates from 1894. He was the chairman of the

Catholic People's Party The Catholic People's Party ( nl, Katholieke Volkspartij, KVP) was a Catholic Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1945 as a continuation of the Roman Catholic State Party, which was a continuation of ...

for many years, but he resigned in 1903. He joined the Constitution Party in 1906. When the party collapsed, he became a member of the Party of National Work. During the

Hungarian Soviet Republic The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...

he participated in the movements against the communists. In 1922 he was elected to the

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. Zichy was a

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politician, he founded the legitimist

Christian Economic and Social Party The Christian Economic and Social Party ( hu, Keresztény Gazdasági és Szociális Párt, KGSZP) was a political party in Hungary in the inter-war period. History The party was established around 1930 by a merger of the Christian National Econo ...

(KGSZP). He was a member of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1868 births 1944 deaths People from Fejér County Education ministers of Hungary Janos, Zichy {{Hungary-politician-stub