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Lajos Simonyi

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Lajos Simonyi
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary
In office
11 March 1875 – 21 August 1876
Preceded byGyörgy Bartal
Succeeded byÁgoston Trefort
Personal details
Born(1824-04-13)13 April 1824
Ternopil, Austrian Empire
Died12 December 1894(1894-12-12) (aged 70)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Political partyLeft Centre, Liberal Party
Professionpolitician

Baron Lajos Simonyi de Barbács et Vitézvár (13 April 1824 – 12 December 1894) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1875 and 1876. He studied law in Kassa. From 1847 he was a delegate on the Diet in Pest. He participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he performed courier service besides Artúr Görgey. As a result, he was imprisoned for a short time. Later he was a supporter of László Teleki. Simonyi retired from politics in 1878.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade
1875–1876
Succeeded by