László Budinszky

László Budinszky
Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office 16 October 1944 – 27 March 1945
Prime Minister	Ferenc Szálasi
Preceded by	Gábor Vladár
Succeeded by	Ágoston Valentiny
Personal details
Born	(1895-10-24)24 October 1895 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	9 March 1946(1946-03-09) (aged 50) Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Political party	Arrow Cross Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Budinszky László. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

László Budinszky (24 October 1895 – 9 March 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Justice between 1944 and 1945. He prepared the proposal about the formation of the Leader of the Nation position. He also ordered that the political convicts should be handed over to the Nazi authorities. After the fall of Budapest he tried to escape into Western Europe but the arrival American troops captured him with other members of the Arrow Cross Party's government. He was tried by the People's Tribunal in Budapest in open sessions and sentenced to death for war crimes and high treason. Budinszky was hanged in 1946 in Budapest.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon