on the premise of self-determination of minorities, regardless of other criteria such as geographical or economic. The government of Huszár denied that the minorities wished to join neighbouring countries and that they constituted majorities in some of the areas planned to be transferred over to them, and he requested the holding of plebiscites (October to February 1920). The peace conference rejected his allegations one month later, and on 6 March confirmed the wording of the treaty. On 14 March 1920, a new coalition government with left and right forces took over, with Sándor Simonyi-Semadam at the front of the new ministry. Huszár had resigned that day so he would not have to sign the peace treaty. During Simonyi-Semadam's rule (Act I of 1920), the Habsburg dynasty in Hungary remained abolished, Hungary was officially separated from Austria and the head of state became a regent (Miklós Horthy from 1 March 1920). All the laws promulgated during the Hungarian People's Republic (Mihály Károlyi, Gyula Peidl) and the Hungarian Soviet Republic were repealed. After the government Between 1920 and 1928, he was deputy and vice-president of the Hungarian National Assembly. He then transferred to the Diet. Between 1928 and 1934, he presided over the National Institute of Social Security. He died, after gradually withdrawing from politics, on 29 October 1941 in the capital. References Hungarian Biographical Lexicon Bibliography Albertini, Béla (2005). Az első magyar "szociofotó" album. (in Hungarian). Budapesti Negyed 47–48. Volume: A bűnös Budapest. Macartney, CA (1957). October fifteenth: a history of modern Hungary, 1929-1945. Part I (in English). Edinburgh University Press. p. 493. OCLC 835491665. Mocsy, Istvan I. (1983). The Uprooted: Hungarian Refugees and Their Impact on Hungary's Domestic Politics, 1918-1921 (in English). East European Monographs. p. 252. . Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century (in English). Routledge. p. 1208. . Szilassy, Sándor (1971). Revolutionary Hungary 1918-1921 (in English). Danubian Press. p. 141. . Szilassy, Sándor (1969). 'Hungary at the Brink of the Cliff 1918-1919'. East European Quarterly 3 (1): p. 95-109. External links Prime Ministers of Hungary Education ministers of Hungary 1882 births 1941 deaths Burials at Kerepesi Cemetery