Tihamér Fabinyi (7 August 1890 – 11 June 1953) was a
Hungarian politician who served as
Minister of Finance
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between 1935 and 1938. He studied in
Berlin
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,
Leipzig
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,
Cambridge
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, and in
Budapest
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. He served as director of law of the Ganz Danubius Joint Stock Company, then he later worked as a
lawyer
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. He was member of the House of Representatives between 1931 and 1936. In 1932,
Gyula Gömbös
Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa (26 December 1886 – 6 October 1936) was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1 October 1932 to his death.
Background
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appointed him Minister of Trade. He collaborated in the development of the Hungarian-
Italian
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commercial contacts,
Danube
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seafaring,
tourism
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, and the resort area of
Lake Balaton
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.
After the "Programme of Győr", he was succeeded by
Lajos Reményi-Schneller
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. Fabinyi was the head of the General Credit Bank of Hungary from 1938 until 1944. After the
occupation of Hungary, he emigrated to
Switzerland
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, then the
United States
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.
See also
*
Hungarian General Credit Bank
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1890 births
1953 deaths
People from Revúca
Finance ministers of Hungary
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