Gyula Kornis | |
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Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
In office 20 May 1938 – 1 December 1938 |
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Preceded by | Sándor Sztranyavszky |
Succeeded by | Kálmán Darányi |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 December 1885 Vác, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 17 April 1958 (aged 72) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary |
Political party |
Unity Party Party of National Unity |
Profession | educator |
Gyula Kornis (originally Kremer Gyula; 22 December 1885 – 17 April 1958) was a Hungarian Piarist, philosopher, educator, professor and politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives for a short time in 1938.
He had an important role in implementation of educational policy of Count Kuno von Klebelsberg, Minister of Religion and Education in the cabinet of István Bethlen in 20s. Kornis also served as interim President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1945, after the Second World War.