Political party MSZDP Name Karoly Peyer Succeeded by Adolf Samassa | Profession politician Role Hungarian Politician | |
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Preceded by Jeno Landler and Bela Vago Born May 9, 1881
Varoslod, Hungary ( 1881-05-09 ) Died October 25, 1956, New York City, New York, United States Party Social Democratic Party of Hungary | ||
Karoly Peyer (9 May 1881 – 25 October 1956) was a Hungarian politician who served as Interior Minister for six days during the end of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. He was later Minister of Works in the cabinets of Istvan Friedrich and Karoly Huszar. He took part in the consolidation policy of Istvan Bethlen in 1921: as the leader of the main opposition party (the Hungarian Social Democratic Party) he compromised with the Prime Minister (the Bethlen-Peyer Pact). Peyer was called "betrayer of the left-wing" by the communists.
In 1947 Peyer was excluded from his party, so he joined to the Hungarian Radical Party, which organised against communist rule. Soon Peyer emigrated to the United States. The next year the People's Tribunal sentenced him to 8 years.
Peyer died of a heart attack on 25 October 1956, while listening to the news of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which broke out two days earlier.