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Baron Béla Wenckheim (Körösladány, 16 February 1811 – Budapest, 7 July 1879) was a Austro-Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary for several months in 1875.[1]

Biography

He was born into a rich Austro-Hungarian noble family which originated in Franconia and was a descendant of the Árpád-family from royal Spanien lines,[2] as the eldest son of Baron Joseph von Wengkheim (1778-1830) and his wife, Baroness Terézia Orczy de Orczi (1790-1875). He never married and didn't have children.[3]

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Preceded by Minister of the Interior
1867–1869
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister besides the King
1871–1879
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Hungary
1875


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