Béla Imrédy
1891–1946 (age 55)
Biography
Béla Imrédy, trained as an economist and banker, rose to the premiership in 1938 amid debates over economic modernization and foreign policy, emphasizing industrial growth and reforms to Hungary's banking system even as Europe slid toward war.
His tenure became bound up with the escalating antisemitic legislation of the era, and after he fell from power he was tried and executed by the postwar authorities in 1946; he is remembered with solemnity among those resting at Fiume Road Graveyard.