Lajos Remenyi-Schneller

March 15, 1892 (age 54)

Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary

He started his career in 1923 as the director of the Hungarian Exchange Bank. He became representative in 1935. Kálmán Darányi appointed him Minister of Finance, Reményi-Schneller held this position until the end of the Second World War. His assignment was Minister of Economic from the Pál Teleki cabinet until the Miklós Kállay administration. During his ministership Reményi-Schneller significantly furthered the country"s economic delivery with his function for the Nazi Germany. He was tried by the People"s Tribunal in Budapest in open sessions and sentenced to death for war crimes and high treason. Reményi-Schneller was hanged in 1946 in Budapest.

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Career

He started his career in 1923 as the director of the Hungarian Exchange Bank. He became representative in 1935. Kálmán Darányi appointed him Minister of Finance, Reményi-Schneller held this position until the end of the Second World War.

His assignment was Minister of Economic from the Pál Teleki cabinet until the Miklós Kállay administration.

During his ministership Reményi-Schneller significantly furthered the country"s economic delivery with his function for the Nazi Germany. He was tried by the People"s Tribunal in Budapest in open sessions and sentenced to death for war crimes and high treason.

Reményi-Schneller was hanged in 1946 in Budapest.

Politics

He pursued Germanophile politics extremely, he regularly informed the Germans about the Hungarian political developments. After the fall of Budapest he tried to escape into Western Europe but the arrival American troops captured him with other members of the Arrow Cross Party"s government.

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