Ödön Beniczky

Ödön Beniczky
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office 11 September 1919 – 15 March 1920
Preceded by	István Friedrich
Succeeded by	Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Personal details
Born	(1878-02-12)12 February 1878 Zólyom, Austria-Hungary
Died	20 January 1931(1931-01-20) (aged 52) Budapest, Hungary
Political party	KNEP
Profession	journalist, politician

The native form of this personal name is benicei és micsinyei Beniczky Ödön. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ödön Beniczky de Benice et Micsinye (12 February 1878 – 20 January 1931) was a Hungarian legitimist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1919 and 1920. He was a resolute adversary of Governor Miklós Horthy. He supported the king Charles IV in the king's attempts to retake the throne of Hungary. That is why Beniczky was arrested for a short time. He published his statement before the military public prosecutor's department in his newspaper ("Az Újság") about the White Terror. He was sentenced to two years in prison for insulting Horthy. Beniczky's case was a huge scandal in Hungary, but the legitimists didn't use these happenings against the governor.

Following his release, Beniczky failed as representative candidate. He committed suicide in 1931.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon