Sándor Garbai
| Sándor Garbai | |
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Sándor Garbai on the 19 March 1919
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| Chairman of the Hungarian Central Executive Council | |
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In office 21 March 1919 – 1 August 1919 |
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| Preceded by | Mihály Károlyi |
| Succeeded by | Gyula Peidl |
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| Born |
27 March 1879 Kiskunhalas, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 7 November 1947 (aged 68) Paris, France |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Political party |
Hungarian Social Democratic Party Hungarian Socialist Party Hungarian Socialist and Communist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Zsófia Pötördi |
| Profession | politician |
Sándor Garbai (27 March 1879 – 7 November 1947) was a Hungarian socialist politician.
He came to power as both prime minister and de facto president in March 1919 in alliance with the Communists, and proclaimed a Soviet Republic. Although Garbai remained titular head of the Hungarian Soviet Republic for most of its length, practical authority was in the hands of Communist foreign minister Béla Kun.
Mátyás Rákosi later joked that the revolution's Jewish leaders took the gentile Garbai in so that they would have somebody to sign the death sentences on Shabbat.
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