Zoltán Tildy

Zoltán Tildy
Tildy in 1946
President of Hungary
In office
1 February 1946  3 August 1948
Prime MinisterFerenc Nagy
Mátyás Rákosi (acting)
Lajos Dinnyés
Preceded byHigh National Council
Succeeded byÁrpád Szakasits
Prime Minister of Hungary
In office
15 November 1945  1 February 1946
MonarchVacant
Head of StateHigh National Council
Preceded byBéla Miklós
Succeeded byFerenc Nagy
Minister of State
In office
27 October 1956  4 November 1956
Prime MinisterImre Nagy
Member of the High National Council
In office
7 December 1945  1 February 1946
Serving with Ferenc Nagy, László Rajk, and Béla Varga (to 8 January 1946)
Preceded byBéla Miklós
Béla Zsedényi
Mátyás Rákosi
Succeeded byHimself
as President of the Republic
Personal details
Born(1889-11-18)18 November 1889
Losonc, Nógrád County, Kingdom of Hungary (today Lučenec, Slovakia)
Died3 August 1961(1961-08-03) (aged 71)
Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Political partyIndependent Smallholders' Party
SpouseErzsébet Gyenis
ChildrenZoltán Tildy, Jr.
Erzsébet
László
ProfessionMinister

Zoltán Tildy (Hungarian: [ˈzoltaːn ˈtildi]; 18 November 1889 – 3 August 1961), was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as prime minister from 1945 to 1946 and president from 1946 until 1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists.