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István Antal


Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
In office 22 March 1944 – 29 August 1944
Preceded by	Jenő Szinyei Merse
Succeeded by	Iván Rakovszky

Personal details
Born	(1896-02-18)18 February 1896 Kenderes, Austria-Hungary
Died	11 October 1975(1975-10-11) (aged 79) Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Political party	Hungarian National Independence Party, Unity Party, Party of National Unity, Party of Hungarian Life
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Antal István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

István Antal (18 February 1896 – 11 October 1975) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education and as Minister of Justice in 1944. Born in Kenderes, he knew Miklós Horthy from here, who was born here likewise. He fought in the First World War, after his returning from the front he joined several right extremist student organizations. Antal founded the Red-White Bloc firstly, which worked against Mihály Károlyi's republic then the Hungarian Soviet Republic, then he became one of the leaders of the Turul Student Organization. He met Mihály Kolosváry-Borcsa here at first.

Antal soon finished the University of Law. After that he served as press officer of Prime Minister Gyula Gömbös, later became state secretary of the Ministry of Justice. He was member of the Miklós Kállay cabinet from 1942 as Minister without portfolio of National Defence and Propaganda. After the German occupation the new prime minister Döme Sztójay appointed him Minister of Justice and Minister of Religion and Education. In these times he actively took a part in creating the newer anti-Jewish laws and its introduction. He did not take part in the governance after the Arrow Cross Party's coup. In addition he was arrested for a short time, because of criticizing Ferenc Szálasi's mental efficiency.

After the Second World War he was sentenced to death for war crimes by the People's Tribune in Budapest, but he was not executed after Mátyás Rákosi's personal intervention. For the second time he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Antal was set free in 1960, lived until his death in retirement. His memoirs were published in 2004.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded byJenő Szinyei Merse	Minister of Religion and Education 1944	Succeeded byIván Rakovszky
Preceded byLászló Radocsay	Minister of Justice 1944	Succeeded byGábor Vladár

v t e Ministers of Education of Hungary since 1848
Revolution of 1848	J. Eötvös Batthyány Horváth
Kingdom of Hungary	J. Eötvös Szlávy Pauler Trefort Baross Csáky L. Eötvös Wlassics Berzeviczy G. Lukács (*1865) Tost Apponyi Székely Zichy Jankovich Apponyi Zichy
Transition period	Lovászy Juhász Nagy Kunfi G. Lukács (*1885) Pogány (opposed by P. Teleki) Garbai Imre Huszár
Regency	Haller Jó. Vass Klebelsberg Ernszt Karafiáth Hóman P. Teleki Hóman Szinyei Merse Antal Rakovszky
Transition period	Rajniss Szálasi G. Teleki Keresztury
Communist Hungary	Ortutay Darvas Erdey-Grúz Kónya Kállai Benke Ilku Nagy Polinszky Pozsgay Köpeczi Czibere Glatz
Republic of Hungary	Andrásfalvy Mádl Fodor Magyar Pokorni Pálinkás Magyar Hiller
Ministers of Culture	Révai Darvas G. Lukács (*1885) Orbán Pozsgay Hámori Rockenbauer Görgey Hiller Bozóki
Minister of Religion	Já. Vass
Minister of Higher Education	Erdey-Grúz
Minister of National/Human Resources	Réthelyi Balog Kásler

v t e Ministers of Justice of Hungary since 1848
Revolution of 1848	Deák Vukovics
Kingdom of Hungary	Horvát Bittó Pauler Perczel Pauler Fabiny Szilágyi Erdély Plósz Lányi Gegus Polónyi Günther Wekerle Székely Balogh Vázsonyi Grecsák Vázsonyi Tőry
Transition period	Buza Berinkey Juhász Nagy Ládai (opposed by Pálmai) Rónai Garami Szászy Baloghy Zoltán Bárczy
Regency	Ferdinandy Tomcsányi Daruváry Nagy Bethlen Pesthy Bethlen Zsitvay Lázár Mikecz Tasnádi Nagy Radocsay Antal Vladár
Transition period	Budinszky Valentiny Ries
Communist Hungary	Molnár Décsi Kovács Erdei Molnár Nezvál Korom Markója Kulcsár
Republic of Hungary	Balsai Vastagh Dávid Bárándy Petrétei Takács Draskovics Forgács Navracsics Trócsányi Varga Tuzson

v t e Far-right nationalism and fascism in Hungary until 1945
Political parties and groups	Arrow Cross Party Christian National Socialist Front Hungarian National Defence Association Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party Hungarian National Socialist Party National Front National Socialist Hungarian Workers' Party Rongyos Gárda United Hungarian National Socialist Party
People	Gábor Andreánszky István Antal Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky László Baky István Balogh László Bárdossy Károly Beregfy Zoltán Böszörmény László Budinszky László Csatáry László Endre Ákos Farkas Sándor Festetics Imre Finta József Gera Gyula Gömbös Iván Héjjas Árpád Henney Miklós Horthy Béla Imrédy Győző Istóczy Andor Jaross Béla Jurcsek Gábor Kemény András Kun Lajos Méhelÿ Zoltán Meskó József Nyírő Fidél Pálffy Ottokár Prohászka Pál Prónay Ferenc Rajniss Jenő Rátz Lajos Reményi-Schneller Dezső Szabó Ferenc Szálasi Jenő Szemák Döme Sztójay András Tasnádi Nagy Gábor Vajna Charles Zentai
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