Tibor Kállay
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Tibor Kállay de Nagykálló (6 January 1881 - 24 May 1964) was a Hungarian
politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1921 and 1924. He studied in the University of Budapest (now: Eötvös Loránd University). On autumn of 1919 he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as chairman of the Liquidating Office, which made the financial separation and the economic rehabilitation of Austria
, Hungary
and the succession states (for example Romania
and Czechoslovakia
) after the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy's disintegration.
Kállay was appointed Minister of Finance in 1921. His major task was the keeping of state budget's balance. In 1922 he became member of the Diet of Hungary
. From May 1923 he was the leader of the League of Nations
' financial negotiations. On 20 February 1924 he asked an authority of the parliament onto the uptake of aforced loan. The Parliament voted it down, and Kállay resigned. In 1926 he organized the Civil Unit Club. He campaigned for the secrecy of the franchise in the next year. He left the Unity Party in 1928, later represented his constituency as independent representative until 1935.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1921 and 1924. He studied in the University of Budapest (now: Eötvös Loránd University). On autumn of 1919 he served as state secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as chairman of the Liquidating Office, which made the financial separation and the economic rehabilitation of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
and the succession states (for example Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
) after the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy's disintegration.
Kállay was appointed Minister of Finance in 1921. His major task was the keeping of state budget's balance. In 1922 he became member of the Diet of Hungary
Diet of Hungary
The Diet of Hungary was a legislative institution in the medieval kingdom of Hungary from the 15th century, and in its successor states, Royal Hungary and the Habsburg kingdom of Hungary throughout the Early Modern period...
. From May 1923 he was the leader of the League of Nations
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...
' financial negotiations. On 20 February 1924 he asked an authority of the parliament onto the uptake of aforced loan. The Parliament voted it down, and Kállay resigned. In 1926 he organized the Civil Unit Club. He campaigned for the secrecy of the franchise in the next year. He left the Unity Party in 1928, later represented his constituency as independent representative until 1935.