Gyula Peidl
Gyula Peidl (born April 4, 1873 , Ravazd , district of Martinsberg ( Hungarian győrszentmártoni járás ), Raab county ( Hungarian Győr vgy. ); † January 22, 1943 , Budapest) was a Hungarian trade union leader and socialist politician for a short time as the last prime minister and head of state of the Hungarian Federal Socialist Council Republic in 1919.
During his six-day reign, he tried to undo the damage the communists did during their reign. When Romanian troops advanced on Budapest in the Hungarian-Romanian War , he began to annul and overturn the unpopular decisions of the communists. He also returned private property to the original owner, closed the Revolutionary Tribunal and disbanded the Red Guard .
On August 6, 1919, his government was ousted in an armed coup by right-wing forces. Peidl fled into exile in Austria . In 1921 he returned to Hungary and continued his political and trade union activities. From 1922 to 1931 he was the chairman of the Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt in the Hungarian Parliament.
Peidl died in Hungary in 1943.
Web links
- Andrej Tóth: The Attitude of the Entente Powers to Gyula Peidl's Government in Hungary (August 1919) - in the Spirit of Distrust, Unwillingness and Information Disorientation. on dspace.zcu.cz (English)
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| SURNAME | Peidl, Gyula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian trade union leader and socialist politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1873 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 1943 |