András Tasnádi Nagy

András Tasnádi Nagy


Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office 15 November 1938 – 9 November 1939
Preceded by	Ödön Mikecz
Succeeded by	László Radocsay
Personal details
Born	(1882-01-29)January 29, 1882 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	July 1, 1956(1956-07-01) (aged 74) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party	Unity Party, Party of National Unity, Party of Hungarian Life
Profession	politician, jurist

The native form of this personal name is Tasnádi Nagy András. This article uses the Western name order.

András Tasnádi Nagy (29 January 1882 – 1 July 1956) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1938 and 1939.

Tasnádi Nagy (middle) with Döme Sztójay and German SS officers in 1940

He finished law studies at the University of Budapest. He worked as a lawyer from 1908. He worked for the Hungarian Railways as counsel between 1910 and 1925, and as attorney general until 1926. He became administrative state secretary of the Ministry of Justice in 1933 later he served in the Ministry of Religion and Education. Tasnádi Nagy was elected to the Diet of Hungary in the colours of the governing Party of National Unity in 1935. he regained his seat in 1939. He was appointed justice minister in the Béla Imrédy cabinet.

He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1 November 1939 to 29 March 1945. He also held his position after the Arrow Cross Party's coup. He became a leading member of the National Alliance of Lawmakers which was established by the Nazi-dominated puppet government. As a result of this after the Second World War Tasnádi Nagy was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment by the People's Tribunal in Budapest. The first judgement was the capital punishment but Zoltán Tildy, the President of Hungary provided grace, so it was changed. Tasnádi Nagy died in captivity.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Ödön Mikecz	Minister of Justice 1938–1939	Succeeded by László Radocsay
Preceded by Kálmán Darányi	Speaker of the House of Representatives 1939–1945	Succeeded by office abolished

Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

House of Magnates (1848–1918)	Majláth, Sr. Perényi (I) G. Apponyi Sennyey Majláth, Jr. Szőgyény-Marich Sennyey Vay Szlávy Tóth Károlyi Csáky Dessewffy Csáky Jósika Hadik-Barkóczy Wlassics

House of Representatives (1848–1918)	Pázmándy P. Almásy Palóczy Ghyczy Szentiványi Somssich Bittó B. Perczel Ghyczy Szlávy Péchy Bánffy Szilágyi Madarász D. Perczel A. Apponyi D. Perczel Justh S. Gál Berzeviczy Návay Tisza Beőthy Szász

National Assembly (1920–1927)	Rakovszky Gaál Scitovszky Zsitvay

House of Magnates (1927–1945)	Wlassics Széchényi Perényi (III) Rátz

House of Representatives (1927–1945)	Zsitvay L. Almásy Sztranyavszky Kornis Darányi Tasnádi Nagy

Provisional National Assembly (1944–1945)	Vásáry Zsedényi

National Assembly (since 1945)	F. Nagy Varga Szabó I. Nagy Olt Drahos Dögei Rónai Metzker Vass Kállai Apró Sarlós Stadinger Szűrös (Fodor) Göncz Szabad Z. Gál Áder Szili Katona Schmitt Kövér

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

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 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 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

Related articles	Arrow Cross Budapest ghetto Government of National Unity Greater Hungary Gyorshadtest Kolozsvár ghetto Labour service Levente Associations Szeged Idea Treaty of Trianon Turanism Vienna Awards

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