Zsigmond Perényi (1870–1946)

Baron Zsigmond Perényi de Perény (25 November 1870 – 18 March 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1919. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he was arrested by the communists. He was the governor of the Governorate of Subcarpathia (Kárpátaljai Kormányzóság) between 28 June 1939 and 12 September 1940. As Crown Guard, he was a member of the House of Magnates, later Speaker of this assembly. In 1944, he resigned because of the appointment of the cabinet of Ferenc Szálasi's Hungarist Arrow Cross Party).

Zsigmond Perényi
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office
15 August 1919 – 27 August 1919
Preceded byAdolf Samassa
Succeeded byIstván Friedrich
Regent's Commissioner of the Governorate of Subcarpathia
In office
28 June 1939 – 12 September 1940
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byMiklós Kozma
Personal details
Born(1870-11-25)25 November 1870
Pest, Austria-Hungary
Died18 March 1946(1946-03-18) (aged 75)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyNational Party of Work, Unity Party, Party of Hungarian Life
Professionpolitician

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of the Interior
1919
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Regent's Commissioner of Subcarpathia
1939–1940
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Preceded by Speaker of the House of Magnates
1943–1944
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