Ödön Beniczky

Ödön Beniczky
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office 11 September 1919 – 15 March 1920
Preceded by	Zsigmond Perényi
Succeeded by	Sándor Simonyi-Semadam
Personal details
Born	February 12, 1878(1878-02-12) Zólyom, Hungary
Died	20 January 1931(1931-01-20) (aged 52) Budapest, Hungary
Political party	KNEP
Profession	journalist, politician

The native form of this personal name is benicei és micsinyei Beniczky Ödön. This article uses the Western name order.

Ödön Beniczky de Benice et Micsinye (12 February 1878 – 20 January 1931) was a Hungarian legitimist politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1919 and 1920. He was a resolute adversary of Governor Miklós Horthy. He supported the king Charles IV in the king's attempts to retake the throne of Hungary. That is why Beniczky was arrested for a short time. He published his statement before the military public prosecutor's department in his newspaper ("Az Újság") about the White Terror. He was also arrested for two years. Beniczky's case was a huge scandal in Hungary, but the legitimists didn't use these happenings against the governor.

After the prison Beniczky failed as representative candidate. He committed suicide in 1931.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Zsigmond Perényi	Minister of the Interior 1919–1920	Succeeded by Sándor Simonyi-Semadam

Persondata
Name	Beniczky, Odon
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	12 February 1878
Place of birth	Zólyom, Hungary
Date of death	20 January 1931
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary