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István Friedrich

István Friedrich
István Friedrich Hungarian Prime Minister.jpg
Prime Minister of Hungary
In office
7 August 1919 – 24 November 1919
Monarch Archduke Joseph August
as Regent
Preceded by Gyula Peidl
Succeeded by Károly Huszár
Head of State of Hungary
Acting
In office
23 August 1919 – 24 November 1919
Preceded by Archduke Joseph August
Succeeded by Károly Huszár
Personal details
Born (1883-07-01)1 July 1883
Malacka, Pozsony County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Malacky, Slovakia)
Died 25 November 1951(1951-11-25) (aged 68)
Vác, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Political party Independence Party
Christian National Union Party
Christian Economic and Social Party
István Friedrich
Personal information
Date of birth (1883-07-01)1 July 1883
Place of birth Malacka, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 25 November 1951(1951-11-25) (aged 68)
Place of death Vác, Hungary
Playing position Right winger
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904 Hungary 1 (0)

István Friedrich (1 July 1883 – 25 November 1951) was a Hungarian footballer, politician and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months in 1919.

He was born in the town of Malacka (today in Slovakia) and studied engineering at the universities of Budapest and Charlottenburg before reading law at Budapest and Berlin.

Being a "counter-revolutionary", he was arrested during the time of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, but managed to escape. On 6 August 1919 he took part in the coup that ousted Prime Minister Gyula Peidl. Appointed by Archduke Joseph, he served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 7 August to 25 November 1919 and remained Minister of Defence until 15 March 1920.

In the early 1920s, he founded an extreme right-wing association, and was MP from 1920 to 1939.

He was supposedly arrested in 1951 by the Mátyás Rákosi administration; however, his further fate remains unknown. The proposed date of his death is 1958.


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