Gábor Kemény (politician, 1830–1888)

Gábor Kemény
Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade of Hungary
In office 4 December 1878 – 12 October 1882
Preceded by	Ágoston Trefort
Succeeded by	Pál Széchenyi
Personal details
Born	(1830-07-09)9 July 1830 Csombord, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	23 October 1888(1888-10-23) (aged 58) Ajnácskő, Austria-Hungary
Political party	Deák Party, Liberal Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is magyargyerőmonostori báró Kemény Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Baron Gábor Kemény de Magyargyerőmonostor (9 July 1830 – 23 October 1888) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade between 1878–1882 and as Minister of Public Works and Transport from 1882 to 1886. He was the son of Dénes Kemény, the secretary of state of the Interior Ministry during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Gábor Kemény was a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1863 and served as chairman of the Hungarian Historical Society from 1887 until his death. He was a member of the Diet of Hungary from 1866.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• Baron Gábor Kemény 1830–1888. in: Vasárnapi Újság XXXV. 1888/44, pp. 721–722

Political offices
Preceded by Ágoston Trefort	Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade 1878–1882	Succeeded by Pál Széchenyi
Preceded by Pál Ordódy	Minister of Public Works and Transport 1882–1886	Succeeded by Béla Orczy