Count Béla Serényi de Kis-Serény (16 June 1866 – 14 October 1919) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

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twice: between 1910–1913 and in 1918. He was born into a Hungarian noble family in Pest. His parents were Count László Serényi, a landowner in

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and Countess Ludmilla Bubna de Littlicz. He finished his studies in the

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and studied law in

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. He was a member of the

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, where he supported the government's religion politics in his speeches. Later he politicized in the House of Representatives. He served as Minister of Trade from 1917 to 1918. Serényi left the Party of National Work in 1916.

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1866 births 1919 deaths Politicians from Budapest Liberal Party (Hungary) politicians National Party of Work politicians Ministers of agriculture of Hungary People from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-politician-stub