Sándor Csizmadia

Sándor Csizmadia
Portrait of Sándor Csizmadia, 1915
People's Commissar of Agriculture of Hungary served alongside György Nyisztor, Jenő Hamburger and Károly Vántus
In office 21 March 1919 – 3 April 1919
Preceded by	Barna Buza
Succeeded by	György Nyisztor Jenő Hamburger Károly Vántus
Personal details
Born	(1871-03-10)10 March 1871 Vásárhelykutas, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	3 March 1929(1929-03-03) (aged 57) Mátyásföld (now: part of Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Political party	MSZDP, National Worker's Party
Profession	politician, poet, journalist

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

Sándor Csizmadia (10 March 1871 – 3 March 1929) was a Hungarian politician and poet, who served as People's Commissar of Agriculture during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. However soon his relations decayed with the leaders of the proletarian dictatorship, so he left the Hungarian Central Executive Council. He committed suicide in 1929.

Csizmadia during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919

Literary works

• Magyar Munkásdalok és versek (Orosháza, 1896)
• A földművelő-munkásság helyzete és feladata (Orosháza, 1896)
• Proletár költemények (Budapest, 1897)
• Küzdelem (Újabb versek, Budapest, 1903)
• Mit akarunk? (Budapest, 1903)
• Hajnalban (Budapest, 1905)
• Munkás emberek (short stories, Budapest, 1905)
• Fogházi levelek (Budapest, 1906)
• A feketék (Budapest, 1908)
• A nagy magyar parasztforradalom (Budapest, 1914)
• Válogatott költeményei (Budapest, 1919)

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon