Péter Ágoston (born. Peter Augenstein,
[Mária Ormos: A katedrától a halálsorig, Ágoston Péter, 1874—1925, Publisher: Napvilág Kiadó, Budapest, 2011 Page: 14] 25 March 1874 – 6 September 1925) was a
Hungarian politician, jurist, legal scholar, professor and translator who served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1919. Before the
First World War, he published articles for the ''Világ'', ''
Népszava'', ''Huszadik század'' and the ''Szocializmus'' newspapers. After the
Aster Revolution, he was the Chairman of the National Council in
Nagyvárad. In
Dénes Berinkey
Dénes Berinkey (17 October 1871 – 25 June 1944) was a Hungarian jurist and politician who served as 21st Prime Minister of Hungary in the regime of Mihály Károlyi for two months in 1919.
On 20 March 1919 the French presented the Vix Note ...
's cabinet, he served as state secretary of the interior. During the
Hungarian Soviet Republic, he tried to make connections with the
Entente Powers as deputy People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs.
Gyula Peidl appointed him as People's Commissar, but after few days the Peidl cabinet fell after a coup led by
István Friedrich. Ágoston was arrested and sentenced to death. However, he was transferred to the
Soviet Union through the occasion of a prisoner exchange. After that, he lived in emigration in (
Moscow,
London, and finally
Paris). He translated works of
Engels,
Bebel
Ferdinand August Bebel (22 February 1840 – 13 August 1913) was a German socialist politician, writer, and orator. He is best remembered as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) in 1869, which in 1875 mer ...
and
Mehring
Mehring is a municipality in the district of Altötting in Bavaria in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...
into
Hungarian under the pseudonym, ''Pál Rab''.
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1874 births
1925 deaths
People from Jimbolia
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