György Lukács (politician)

This article is about the Austro-Hungarian politician. For the Communist philosopher, who also served as Minister of Education, see György Lukács.

The native form of this personal name is erzsébetvárosi Lukács György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

György Lukács
György Lukács
Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
In office 18 June 1905 – 6 March 1906
Preceded by	Albert Berzeviczy
Succeeded by	Gyula Tost
Personal details
Born	(1865-09-10)10 September 1865 Nagyvárad, Austrian Empire
Died	28 September 1950(1950-09-28) (aged 85) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party	Liberal Party, Constitution Party, Unity Party
Profession	politician, jurist

György Lukács de Erzsébetváros (10 September 1865 – 28 September 1950) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1905 and 1906. From 1887 to 1897 he worked for the Ministry of Interior. He suggested to nationalise the institution of parish register. He had significant role in the crush of the peasant movements. He was member of the Diet of Hungary from 1921. During the Regency he was active in the works of the Interparliamentary Union and the League of Nations Union. He served as president of the Hungarian National Fine Art Association and manager chairman of the chauvinist Hungarian Revisionist League party.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon