Márton Lovászy (6 November 1864 – 21 August 1927) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

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in 1919. He was one of the leaders of the Independent Party during the

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. He did not support the First World War and the alliance with the German Empire. He published an article in his newspaper (''Magyarország'') which welcomed the breaking of the

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in the

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. Lovászy participated in the

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. He was a member of the National Council and served as Minister of Religion and Education in the

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administration. After that he retired from the politics, because he disapproved the additional procession of the revolution. He lived in

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for a short time. Then he returned and

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appointed him

. Lovászy didn't agree with

Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( hu, Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós; ; English: Nicholas Horthy; german: Nikolaus Horthy Ritter von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957), was a Hungarian admiral and dictator who served as the regent ...

's politics so he emigrated to the

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. He often attacked the Hungarian system in his articles and his speeches. The public prosecutor's department took an indictment out against him in 1925. He was permitted to return home with the condition that he withdraws from political life. Lovászy died soon afterwards.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
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