Sándor József Hollán the Younger (6 October 1873 – 22 April 1919) was a Hungarian politician and state secretary. Hollán was born in

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(part of

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) to

Sándor Hollán Sr. Sándor József Hollán the Elder (15 March 1846 – 22 April 1919) was a Hungarian politician and state secretary. Hollán was born in Kiscell (now: ''Celldömölk'') to Adolf Hollán, a Hungarian physician and Jozefa Pingitzer. He had a bro ...

and Róza Szalay. His godfather was József Szlávy who served as

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between 1872 and 1874. Hollán married to Mária Kolossváry. He became director of the

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in 1910 as a ministerial councillor. During the

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he was one of the first victims of the

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. He was kidnapped along with his father from their residence on 22 April 1919. On the

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the communist perpetrators shot in the head from behind both of them and threw their bodies into the

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