Sándor Popovics

Sándor Popovics


Minister of Finance of Hungary
In office 11 February 1918 – 31 October 1918
Preceded by	Sándor Wekerle
Succeeded by	Mihály Károlyi
Personal details
Born	(1862-10-22)22 October 1862 Pest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	15 April 1935(1935-04-15) (aged 72) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Political party	Constitution Party
Profession	politician, economist

The native form of this personal name is Popovics Sándor. This article uses the Western name order.

Sándor Popovics (22 October 1862 - 15 April 1935) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance in 1918. He was the governor of the Austro-Hungarian Bank between 1909 and 1918. During the peace negotiations in 1920, he attended as a financial expert. From 1924 until his death he served as chairman of the National Bank of Hungary. Popovics was full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Works

A pénz sorsa a háborúban (The fate of the currency in the war), Budapest, 1926.
A pénz értékállandósága (The constant of the currency's value), Budapest, 1929.
A társadalmi szervezkedések gazdasági hatásai (The economic effects of the social organisations), Budapest, 1931.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Sándor Wekerle	Minister of Finance 1918	Succeeded by Mihály Károlyi

Ministers of Finance of Hungary (since 1848)

Revolution of 1848	Kossuth Batthyány Duschek

Kingdom of Hungary	Lónyay Kerkapoly Szlávy Ghyczy Széll Tisza Szapáry Tisza Wekerle Sr. Lukács Fejérváry Hegedűs Wekerle Sr. Lukács Teleszky Gratz Wekerle Sr. Popovics

Transition period	M. Károlyi Szende J. Varga Székely and Lengyel Székely Miákits Peidl Grünn Korányi

Regency	Hegedüs Hegyeshalmi Bethlen Kállay Walko Korányi Bud Wekerle Jr. G. Károlyi Korányi Imrédy Fabinyi Reményi-Schneller

Transition period	Vásáry Oltványi Gordon Rácz Nyárádi Gerő

Communist Hungary	Kossa Olt Kossa Antos Nyers Tímár Vályi Faluvégi Hetényi Medgyessy Villányi Békesi

Republic of Hungary	Rabár Kupa Szabó Békesi Bokros Medgyessy Járai M. Varga László Draskovics Veres Oszkó Matolcsy M. Varga

Governors of the Hungarian National Bank since 1924

Regency	Sándor Popovics (1924–1935) Béla Imrédy (1935–1938) Lipót Baranyai (1938–1943) Gyula Pósch (1943–1944)

Transition period	László Temesváry (Oct–Dec 1944) Imre Oltványi (Apr–Aug 1945) Artúr Kárász (Aug–Nov 1945) Imre Oltványi (1945–1946) Jenő Csejkey (1946–1949)

Communist Hungary	Ferenc Jeszenszky (1949–1952) János Vörös (1952–1955) László Háy (Apr–Nov 1956) Dénes Szántó (1956–1960) Béla Sulyok (1960–1961) Andor László (1961–1975) Mátyás Tímár (1975–1988) Ferenc Bartha (1988–1990)

Hungary	György Surányi (1990–1991) Péter Ákos Bod (1991–1994) György Surányi (1995–2001) Zsigmond Járai (2001–2007) András Simor (2007–2013) György Matolcsy (2013–present)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 17599649 ISNI: 0000 0000 6665 7647 SUDOC: 166751774

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