Pál Szende
Pál Szende | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance of Hungary | |
| In office 25 November 1918 – 21 March 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Mihály Károlyi |
| Succeeded by | Jenő Varga |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1879 Nyírbátor, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 15 July 1934 (aged 55) Seini, Kingdom of Romania |
| Political party | Civil Radical Party |
| Profession | politician, economist |
Pál Szende (born as Pál Schwarz, 7 February 1879 – 15 July 1934) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1918 and 1919. From 1904 he worked as a lawyer. He participated in the radical political movement along with Oszkár Jászi. After the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic he lived in Vienna. Szende took part in the Austrian Civil War after that he escaped to Czechoslovakia then Romania, where he died. Pál Szende is buried in the city of Seini, Romania.