Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka
Prime Minister of the Counter-Revolutionary Government of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
In office 12 July 1919 – 12 August 1919
Preceded by	Gyula Károlyi
Personal details
Born	July 10, 1875(1875-07-10) Ungvár, Hungary
Died	July 25, 1973(1973-07-25) (aged 98) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Political party	Independence Party of 48, Hungarian Freedom Party, Independent Hungarian Democratic Party
Profession	politician, lawyer

The native form of this personal name is danckai Pattantyús-Ábrahám Dezső. This article uses the Western name order.

Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám de Dancka (10 July 1875, Uzhhorod - 25 July 1973, Budapest) was a conservative Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister and temporary Minister of Finance of the second counter-revolutionary government in Szeged for one month in 1919. His government commissioned Miklós Horthy to Supreme Commander of the National Army.

Biography

He was born to an ancient noble family. The Pattantyús family used the "Ábrahám" name from the 17th century. Michael I Apafi, Prince of Transylvania donated to them the "danckai" title of nobility. His parents were László Ábrahám and Erzsébet Király. His younger brother was the writer Ernő Pattantyús-Ábrahám.

He was member of the Diet of Hungary between 1906 and 1918 as representative of Karcag. He was appointed state secretary of the Ministry of Justice in cabinet of Mihály Károlyi. He negotiated about the national minorities' emancipation with the Romanian national leaders in Arad as a member of the committee which led by Oszkár Jászi.

During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he moved to Szeged. He was the Prime Minister of the third counter-revolutionary government. His government commissioned Miklós Horthy to Supreme Commander of the National Army. During the Károly Huszár cabinet he served as state secretary of the Ministry of the Interior. After that he retired from the politics for a temporary time. Pattantyús-Ábrahám worked as a lawyer between 1920 and 1944. He entered the elections repeatedly unsuccessfully in these times. On November 1944 the Arrow Cross Party members internated to Sopronkőhida then Germany. He returned to home in 1945.

After his returning he founded the Hungarian Freedom Party. He became member of the National Assembly again in 1947, after twenty years gap. According to sources he was branded right-wing extremist and was excluded from the party in 1949. He resigned from his parliamentarian seat. He retired from the politics in this same year. He was internated to Tarcal in 1951. He was overheared and warned in 1957, because he took part in the foundation of the Freedom Party during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He worked as lawyer until 1958. He had connections with American and English diplomats, that's why the police authority warned again in 1967. Two years before his death the Hungarian intelligence agencies stopped his watch. Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám died in Budapest at the age of 98.

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• Biography of Dezső Ábrahám
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Political offices
Preceded by Gyula Károlyi	Prime Minister of the Counter-Government of Hungary 1919	Succeeded by —

Persondata
Name	Pattantyus-Abraham, Dezso
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 July 1875
Place of birth	Ungvár, Hungary
Date of death	25 July 1973
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary