Apponyi
ALBERT, COUNT, Hungarian statesman, born 1846. He received his education at the universities of Vienna and Budapest. In 1872 he entered Parliament, and by his eloquence and gift of leadership soon became the head of the Conservative National Party.
In 1899 he joined the ranks of the Liber- COUNT ALBERT APPONYI als; he was chosen President of the Reichstag in 1901 and was speaker of the Chamber from 1902 to 1904. In 1906 he became Minister of Public Education, and held that office till 1910. He visited the United States in 1904 as a delegate to the World's Peace Conference at St.
Louis, and again in 1911, when he lectured on international law. He was a pronounced opponent of Count Tisza, for many years perhaps the most sinister figure in Hungarian public life. In 1920 he was head of the Hungarian peace delegation which visited Paris to receive the Allied peace terms.