Count Móric Esterházy de Galántha et Fraknó (, 27 April 1881 – 28 June 1960) was a Hungarian aristocrat and politician.

Life

He served as

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for a few months during

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, after the fall of

István Tisza Count István Imre Lajos Pál Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged (, English: Stephen Emery Louis Paul Tisza, short name: Stephen Tisza); (22 April 1861 – 31 October 1918) was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary, prime minister ...

. His attempts at reform were defeated by Tisza's conservative forces, and he quickly resigned, to be replaced by the weak administration of

Sándor Wekerle Sándor Wekerle (; 14 November 1848 – 26 August 1921) was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister. He was the first non-noble to hold the office in Hungary. Biography He was born in Mór to a Danube Swabian family, o ...

. After the war he devoted himself to the management of his large estate. For the Christian Economic Party, he became a member of the Hungarian Parliament again in 1931 and a representative of his party in the important Economic Committee.

Family and ancestry

Móric Esterházy was the grandfather of football player

Márton Esterházy Márton Esterházy (born 9 April 1956 in Budapest) is a Hungarian retired professional Association football, footballer. He is a descendant of the House of Esterházy, Esterházy aristocratic family. After retiring, like his famous writer brothe ...

(1956– ) and writer

Péter Esterházy Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", and his books were ...

(1950–2016).

References

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