János Zichy

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János Zichy
Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
In office 1 March 1910 – 26 February 1913
Preceded by	Ferenc Székely
Succeeded by	Béla Jankovich
In office 8 May 1918 – 31 October 1918
Preceded by	Albert Apponyi
Succeeded by	Márton Lovászy
Personal details
Born	(1868-05-30)30 May 1868 Nagyláng, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 January 1944(1944-01-06) (aged 75) Nagyláng, Kingdom of Hungary
Political party	Catholic People's Party, Constitution Party, Party of National Work, Catholic Economical and Social Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is zichi és vásonkeői gróf Zichy János. This article uses the Western name order.

Count János Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (30 May 1868 – 6 January 1944) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1910–1913 and in 1918. He was a member of the House of Magnates from 1894. He was the chairman of the Catholic People's Party for many years, but he resigned in 1903. He joined the Constitution Party in 1906. When the party collapsed, he became a member of the Party of National Work.

During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he participated in the movements against the communists. In 1922 he was elected to the Diet of Hungary. Zichy was a legitimist politician, he founded the legitimist Catholic Economical and Social Party (KGSZP). He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Ferenc Székely	Minister of Religion and Education 1910–1913	Succeeded by Béla Jankovich
Preceded by Albert Apponyi	Minister of Religion and Education 1918	Succeeded by Márton Lovászy

v t e Ministers of Education of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	J. Eötvös Batthyány Horváth

Kingdom of Hungary	J. Eötvös Szlávy Pauler Trefort Baross Csáky L. Eötvös Wlassics Berzeviczy G. Lukács (*1865) Tost Apponyi Székely Zichy Jankovich Apponyi Zichy

Transition period	Lovászy Juhász Nagy Kunfi G. Lukács (*1885) Pogány (opposed by P. Teleki) Garbai Imre Huszár

Regency	Haller Jó. Vass Klebelsberg Ernszt Karafiáth Hóman P. Teleki Hóman Szinyei Merse Antal Rakovszky

Transition period	Rajniss Szálasi G. Teleki Keresztury

Communist Hungary	Ortutay Darvas Erdey-Grúz Kónya Kállai Benke Ilku Nagy Polinszky Pozsgay Köpeczi Czibere Glatz

Republic of Hungary	Andrásfalvy Mádl Fodor Magyar Pokorni Pálinkás Magyar Hiller

Ministers of Culture	Révai Darvas G. Lukács (*1885) Orbán Pozsgay Hámori Rockenbauer Görgey Hiller Bozóki

Minister of Religion	Já. Vass

Minister of Higher Education	Erdey-Grúz

Minister of National/Human Resources	Réthelyi Balog

Persondata
Name	Zichy, Janos
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian minister of Education
Date of birth	30 May 1868
Place of birth	Nagyláng, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	6 January 1944
Place of death	Nagyláng, Kingdom of Hungary

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