Péter Ágoston

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Péter Ágoston
People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
In office 1 August 1919 – 7 August 1919
Preceded by	Béla Kun
Succeeded by	Gábor Tánczos
Personal details
Born	(1874-03-25)25 March 1874 Zsombolya, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 September 1925(1925-09-06) (aged 51) Paris, French Third Republic
Political party	Socialist Party of Hungary
Profession	politician, journalist

The native form of this personal name is Ágoston Péter. This article uses the Western name order.

Péter Ágoston (25 March 1874 - 6 September 1925) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1919. Before the First World War he published articles for the Világ, Népszava, Huszadik század and the Szocializmus newspapers. After the Aster Revolution he was the Chairman of the National Council in Nagyvárad. In Dénes Berinkey's cabinet he served as state secretary of the interior. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he tried to make connections with the Entente Powers as deputy People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs. Gyula Peidl appointed him as People's Commissar, but after few days the Peidl cabinet fell after a coup led by István Friedrich. Ágoston was arrested and sentenced to death. However he was induced by the Soviet Union through the occasion of a prisoner exchange. After that he lived in emigration (Moscow, London, finally Paris). He translated works of Engels, Bebel and Mehring to Hungarian language on Pál Rab pseudonym.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Béla Kun	People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs 1919	Succeeded by Gábor Tánczos

v t e Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Esterházy K. Batthyány

Kingdom of Hungary	Festetics Wenckheim K. Tisza Orczy Szőgyény-Marich Fejérváry L. Tisza Andrássy Fejérváry Jósika D. Bánffy M. Széchényi Széll G. Széchényi Khuen-Héderváry I. Tisza Khuen-Héderváry Fejérváry Zichy Khuen-Héderváry Lukács Burián I. Tisza Roszner T. Batthyány Zichy

Transition period	T. Batthyány M. Károlyi Berinkey Harrer Kun Pogány Kun Ágoston Tánczos Lovászy Somssich

Regency	Simonyi-Semadam Teleki Im. Csáky Teleki Gratz Teleki M. Bánffy Daruváry Bethlen Scitovszky Walko G. Károlyi Walko Puky Gömbös Kánya Imrédy Is. Csáky Teleki Bárdossy Keresztes-Fischer Kállay Ghyczy Sztójay Hennyey

Transition period	Kemény Gyöngyösi Mihályfi Molnár Rajk

Communist Hungary	Kállai Kiss Molnár Boldóczki Horváth Nagy Horváth Sík Péter Puja Várkonyi Horn

Republic of Hungary	Jeszenszky Kovács Martonyi Kovács Somogyi Göncz Balázs Martonyi

Authority control	VIAF: 116611900

Persondata
Name	Agoston, Peter
Alternative names
Short description	Politician
Date of birth	25 March 1874
Place of birth	Zsombolya, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	6 September 1925
Place of death	Paris, French Third Republic

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