András Tasnádi Nagy, 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 András Tasnádi Nagy
- András Tasnádi Nagy (29 January 1882 – 1 July 1956) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1938 and 1939. He finished law studies at the University of Budapest.
- He worked as a lawyer from 1908.
- He worked for the Hungarian Railways as counsel between 1910 and 1925, and as attorney general until 1926.
- He became administrative state secretary of the Ministry of Justice in 1933 later he served in the Ministry of Religion and Education.
- Tasnádi Nagy was elected to the Diet of Hungary in the colours of the governing Party of National Unity in 1935.
- He regained his seat in 1939.
- He was appointed justice minister in the Béla Imrédy cabinet. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1 November 1939 to 29 March 1945.
- He also held his position after the Arrow Cross Party's coup.
- He became a leading member of the National Alliance of Lawmakers which was established by the Nazi-dominated puppet government.
- As a result of this after the Second World War Tasnádi Nagy was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment by the People's Tribunal in Budapest.
- The first judgement was the capital punishment but Zoltán Tildy, the President of Hungary provided grace, so it was changed.
- Tasnádi Nagy died in captivity.
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