Péter Ágoston
Péter Ágoston (born. Peter Augenstein, 25 March 1874 – 6 September 1925) was a
Hungarian politician, jurist, legal scholar, professor and translator who served as
Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1919. Before the
First World War, he published articles for the ''Világ'', ''
Népszava'', ''Huszadik század'' and the ''Szocializmus'' newspapers. After the
Aster Revolution, he was the Chairman of the National Council in
Nagyvárad. In
Dénes Berinkey's cabinet, he served as state secretary of the interior. During the
Hungarian Soviet Republic, he tried to make connections with the
Entente Powers as deputy People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs.
Gyula Peidl appointed him as People's Commissar, but after few days the Peidl cabinet fell after a coup led by
István Friedrich. Ágoston was arrested and sentenced to death. However, he was transferred to the
Soviet Union through the occasion of a prisoner exchange. After that, he lived in emigration in (
Moscow,
London, and finally
Paris). He translated works of
Engels,
Bebel and
Mehring into
Hungarian under the pseudonym, ''Pál Rab''.
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