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Gyula Ortutay

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Gyula Ortutay
Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
In office
14 March 1947 – 25 Februray 1950
Preceded byDezső Keresztury
Succeeded byJózsef Darvas
Personal details
Born(1910-03-24)March 24, 1910
Szabadka, Austria-Hungary
Died22 March 1978(1978-03-22) (aged 67)
Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Political partyFKGP
Professionethnographer, politician

Gyula Ortutay (24 March 1910 - 22 March 1978) was a Hungarian ethnographer and politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1947 and 1950.

Biography

Early life

Born in Szabadka (now: Subotica, Serbia) to a Catholic petty bourgeois family. His parents were István Ortutay journalist, editor of the Szegedi Napló and Ilona Borsodi. He finished his secondary school studies at the piarists in Szeged. After that he attended the Franz Joseph University from 1928. His psychology teacher was Hildebrand Dezső Várkonyi. Soonly he was making left-wing friends such as Miklós Radnóti, Gábor Tolnai, Dezső Baróti, Ferenc Erdei, György Buday and Viola Tomori.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Religion and Education
1947–1950
Succeeded by