István Vásáry

István Vásáry
Minister of Finance of Hungary
In office
22 December 1944 (officially 27 March 1945) – 21 Jule 1945
Preceded by Lajos Reményi-Schneller
Succeeded by Imre Oltványi
Personal details
Born January 29, 1887(1887-01-29)
Debrecen, Austria-Hungary
Died 25 August 1955(1955-08-25) (aged 68)
Debrecen, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party FKGP
Profession politician, economist

István Vásáry (29 January 1887 - 25 August 1955) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1944 and 1945 in the Interim National Government. He studied law in his birthplace. He was the mayor of Debrecen between 1928 and 1935. He became representative as member of the FKGP in 1939. After 1945 he led the party's right-wing side. On 12 March 1946 he was excluded from the party onto the pressure of the Hungarian Communist Party. Vásáry retired from the politics in 1947.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Lajos Reményi-Schneller
Minister of Finance
1944–1945
Succeeded by
Imre Oltványi