István Bethlen

Count István Bethlen de Bethlen
Portrait by Ede Szenes (1930)

28th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office 14 April 1921 – 24 August 1931
Deputy	Kuno Klebelsberg Iván Rakovszky Béla Scitovszky
Regent	Miklós Horthy
Preceded by	Pál Teleki
Succeeded by	Gyula Károlyi
Leader of the Unity Party
In office 2 February 1922 – 27 Osctober 1932
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Gyula Gömbös
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 31 October 1901 – 16 November 1918
In office 18 February 1920 – 2 February 1939

Personal details
Born	(1874-10-08)8 October 1874 Gernyeszeg, Austria-Hungary (now Gornești, Romania)
Died	5 October 1946(1946-10-05) (aged 71) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russian Federation)
Resting place	Fiume Road Graveyard, Budapest
Political party	Unity Party (1922–1935)
Other political affiliations	Liberal Party (1901-1903) F48P (1904–1913) Constitution Party (1913–1918)
Alma mater	Theresianum University of Budapest (JD) Royal Academy of Economics
Occupation	Politician jurist
Cabinet	Bethlen Government
Noble family	House of Bethlen
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Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (8 October 1874 – 5 October 1946) was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as prime minister from 1921 to 1931.