Lajos Walko

Lajos Walko (30 October 1880 – 10 January 1954) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1925 and 1930. Around eight months later, he was also appointed to this position. He worked for the Ministry of Finance. He served as interim Minister of Finance twice and Minister of Trade. As foreign minister he carried a considerable role the Horthy system happened to an external loan in his financial stabilisation. From 1938 he was the president of the Hungarian Commercial Bank in Budapest.

Lajos Walko
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
In office 5 March 1925 – 9 December 1930
Prime Minister	István Bethlen
Preceded by	Tibor Scitovszky
Succeeded by	Gyula Károlyi
In office 24 August 1931 – 1 October 1932
Prime Minister	Gyula Károlyi
Preceded by	Gyula Károlyi
Succeeded by	Endre Puky
Personal details
Born	(1880-10-30)30 October 1880 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died	10 January 1954(1954-01-10) (aged 73) Visegrád, People's Republic of Hungary
Political party	Unity Party
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Walko Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

External links

• Media related to Lajos Walko at Wikimedia Commons