Zsigmond Kunfi

The native form of this personal name is Kunfi Zsigmond. This article uses the Western name order.

Zsigmond Kunfi
Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
In office 6 November 1918 – 19 January 1919
Preceded by	Károly Unkelhäusser
Succeeded by	post abolished
Personal details
Born	(1879-04-28)28 April 1879 Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary
Died	Vienna, Federal State of Austria
Political party	MSZDP
Profession	politician, journalist

Zsigmond Kunfi (born as Zsigmond Kohn; 28 April 1879 – 18 November 1929) was a Hungarian politician who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs and as Minister of Labour and Welfare between 1918 and 1919.

His views were near to Karl Kautsky's. Kunfi was a member of the Hungarian National Council from 1918. As minister of Croatian Affairs, he was entrusted with the ministry's liquidation. In Dénes Berinkey's government he was appointed Minister of Education. He held this position also during the Hungarian Soviet Republic as People's Commissar. Kungfi resigned from his position and called for the dictatorship's liquidation. After that he emigrated to Austria. He worked as editor-in-chief of the Arbeiter Zeitung.

Kunfi committed suicide in Vienna.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Károly Unkelhäusser	Minister of Croatian Affairs 1918–1919	Succeeded by post abolished
Preceded by Sándor Juhász Nagy	Minister of Education 1919	Succeeded by György Lukács