Gyula Peidl

Gyula Peidl
Peidl in August 1919
Acting Head of State of Hungary
In office
1 August 1919 – 6 August 1919
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded bySándor Garbai
(as Chairman of the Central Executive Council)
Succeeded byArchduke Joseph
(as Regent of Hungary)
Prime Minister of Hungary
In office
1 August 1919 – 6 August 1919
Head of StateHimself (acting)
Preceded bySándor Garbai
Succeeded byIstván Friedrich
Personal details
Born(1873-04-04)4 April 1873
Ravazd, Austria-Hungary
Died22 January 1943(1943-01-22) (aged 69)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Political partyMSZDP
Professionpolitician

Gyula Peidl (4 April 1873 – 22 January 1943) was a Hungarian trade union leader and social democrat politician who served as prime minister and acting head of state of Hungary for 6 days in August 1919.[1][2] His tenure coincided with a period of political instability in Hungary immediately after World War I, during which several successive governments ruled the country.

  1. ^ A twentieth-century prophet: Oszkár Jászi, 1875 - 1957. Central European University Press. 2006-01-01. p. 204. ISBN 9789637326424.
  2. ^ Lojkó, Miklós (2006-01-01). Meddling in Middle Europe: Britain and the 'Lands Between, 1919-1925. Central European University Press. p. 13. ISBN 9789637326233.