Lajos Reményi-Schneller (15 March 1892 – 24 August 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1938 and 1945. He started his career in 1923 as the director of the Hungarian Exchange Bank. He became representative in 1935. Kálmán Darányi appointed him Minister of Finance. Reményi-Schneller held this position until the end of the

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. His assignment was from the

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cabinet until the Miklós Kállay administration. He pursued Germanophile politics extremely, he regularly informed the Germans about the Hungarian political developments. During his ministership Reményi-Schneller significantly furthered the country's economic delivery with his function for the

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. After the fall of Budapest he tried to escape into

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but the arriving American troops captured him with other members of the

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's government. He was tried by the People's Tribunal in

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in open sessions and sentenced to death for war crimes and high treason. Reményi-Schneller was shot in 1946 in Budapest.

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1892 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Budapest Arrow Cross Party politicians Unity Party (Hungary) politicians Hungarian economists Finance ministers of Hungary Hungarian Nazis executed for war crimes Hungarian people of World War II People executed by Hungary by firing squad {{Hungary-politician-stub