Ferenc Harrer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hungarian politician
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Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary
About Ferenc Harrer
- Ferenc Harrer (2 June 1874 – 21 November 1969) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1919.
- His father was Pál Harrer, the only mayor of Óbuda.
- Ferenc Harrer pursued his father's politics in connection with Budapest; he was the first one elaborating for Greater Budapest's plan.
- He supervised the flat broke town of Gyöngyös' reconstruction from 1917.
- In the next year he was appointed as Deputy Mayor of Budapest.
- From 25 October he was a member of the Hungarian National Council which was created by the radical and anti-war parties with leading of Mihály Károlyi.
- Károlyi appointed Harrer as ambassador to Austria.
- Then he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Dénes Berinkey's cabinet.
- During the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic he had to leave his position. He was in retirement from August 1919 to 1925.
- After that he was a politician in the General Assembly of Budapest.
- From 1934 he worked as a representative in the House of Magnates of Hungary.
- Later, from 1949 until his death, he was the eldest member of the National Assembly (ranking member).
- Harrer died in his birthplace, Budapest.
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