biography
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Teleki, Pál, Gróf (Count)
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pronunciation:
[telekee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1879–1941)
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| biography:
| Hungarian statesman and prime minister (1920–1, 1939–41), born in Budapest, Hungary. Combining politics with an academic career, he was appointed foreign minister in 1919 before becoming premier. Founder of the Christian National League and chief of Hungary's boy scouts, he was minister of education in 1938 and again premier in 1939. He was fully aware of the German threat to his country, but all measures to avert it, including a pact with Yugoslavia, were unavailing through lack of support. When Germany marched against Yugoslavia through Hungary, he took his own life. |
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