Ágoston Valentiny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hungarian politician
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Place of Birth: Kalocsa, Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary
About Ágoston Valentiny
- Ágoston Valentiny (6 October 1888 – 21 August 1958) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice in the Interim National Government.
- He was born into a working-class family with six children.
- His father was a machine fitter and engineer.
- Valentiny finished his law studies in Kolozsvár.
- He joined the Hungarian Social Democratic Party on 1 January 1919.
- During the German occupation in 1944 he was interned.
- After the "Liberation" of Szeged he became mayor of the town.
- He was a member of the Interim National Assembly. After the 1945 elections he had to resign from the ministerial position because of the communists' attacks.
- After that he worked as a lawyer.
- He was arrested and sentenced in a show trial in 1950.
- He was set free after five years.
- After his death he was rehabilitated.
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