Elected on February 17, 1946, Zoltán Tildy was the first President of Hungary serving until July 3, 1948. Before his political career, he pursued his calling as a Calvinist minister, earning a doctorate in theology and serving as a pastor in numerous congregations throughout Hungary. Born on November 18, 1889, in Losonc, in present-day Slovakia, Tildy was of Hungarian ethnicity. He dedicated...
Pioneering the Presidency: Hungary’s First Presidential Leader
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