András Bethlen

András Bethlen


Minister of Agriculture of Hungary
In office 15 March 1890 – 10 June 1894
Preceded by	Gyula Szapáry
Succeeded by	Géza Fejérváry
Personal details
Born	(1847-07-26)26 July 1847 Kolozsvár, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	25 August 1898(1898-08-25) (aged 51) Bethlen, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Liberal Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is bethleni gróf Bethlen András. This article uses the Western name order.

Count András Bethlen de Bethlen (26 July 1847 – 25 August 1898) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1890 and 1894. He studied law in Budapest and national economy studies in Brussels and Leipzig. He was a member of the Diet of Hungary from 1873 to 1882 in colours of the Liberal Party, which governed Hungary until 1890.

Bethlen served as administrative chief of Brassó County and Szeben County (Count of the Saxons). Count Gyula Szapáry appointed him Minister of Agriculture. Bethlen also hold the office in the next government (first cabinet of Sándor Wekerle). He founded the Institute of Experimental Plant and surveyed the introduction of the agricultural statistics. He also published articles on economics.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
Frigyes Jekel: Gróf Bethlen András (1898, Brassó; Hungarian)

Political offices
Preceded by Gyula Szapáry	Minister of Agriculture 1890–1894	Succeeded by Géza Fejérváry

Ministers of Agriculture of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Klauzál Batthyány

Kingdom of Hungary	Gorove Szlávy Zichy Bartal Simonyi Trefort Kemény Széchenyi Szapáry A. Bethlen Fejérváry Festetics I. Darányi Tallián György Feilitzsch I. Darányi Serényi Ghillány Mezőssy Wekerle Serényi

Transition period	Buza Csizmadia Nyisztor Hamburger Vántus (opposed by Kintzig) Takács Győry I. Szabó Rubinek

Regency	I. Szabó Mayer I. Szabó I. Bethlen Mayer Ivády Purgly Kállay K. Darányi Marschall Sztranyavszky Teleki Bánffy Jurcsek

Transition period	Pálffy I. Nagy Kovács Dobi Bárányos Á. Szabó Dobi Csala

Communist Hungary	Erdei Hegedüs Erdei Matolcsi Kovács Dögei Losonczi Dimény Romány Váncsa Hütter

Republic of Hungary	F. J. Nagy Gergátz J. Szabó Lakos F. Nagy Torgyán Boros Vonza Németh Gráf Fazekas

Ministers of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (1848-1889)

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