András Tasnádi Nagy (29 January 1882 – 1 July 1956) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as

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between 1938 and 1939.

Life

He finished law studies at the

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of the

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. He worked as a

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from 1908. He worked for the

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between 1910 and 1925, and as

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until 1926. He became administrative state secretary of the Ministry of Justice in 1933 later he served in the Ministry of Religion and Education. Tasnádi Nagy was elected to the

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in the colours of the governing Party of National Unity in 1935. He regained his seat in 1939. He was appointed justice minister in the

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cabinet. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1 November 1939 to 29 March 1945. He also held his position after the

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's coup. He became a leading member of the National Alliance of Lawmakers which was established by the Nazi-dominated puppet government. As a result of this after the

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Tasnádi Nagy was arrested and sentenced to

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by the People's Tribunal in

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. The first judgement was death, but

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, the

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provided grace, so it was changed. Tasnádi Nagy died in captivity.

References

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