Kálmán Kánya

Kálmán de Kánya (7 November 1869 – 28 February 1945) was the Foreign Minister of Hungary during the Horthy era.

Kálmán Kánya
Kálmán Kánya
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
In office 4 February 1933 – 28 November 1938
Prime Minister	Gyula Gömbös Kálmán Darányi Béla Imrédy
Preceded by	Gyula Gömbös
Succeeded by	Béla Imrédy
Personal details
Born	(1869-11-07)7 November 1869 Sopron, Austria-Hungary
Died	28 February 1945(1945-02-28) (aged 75) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Political party	Party of National Unity
Profession	politician

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

First Vienna Award:
František Chvalkovský, Galeazzo Ciano, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Kálmán Kánya

Kánya commenced his diplomatic career in Constantinople. In 1913 he was appointed as Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Mexico and later to Berlin. From 1933 he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

During Kánya's tenure Hungary joined the Tripartite Pact, becoming an ally of Nazi Germany. He attempted to counterbalance Germany's hegemony with increased cooperation with Italy and kept good connections with the Little Entente.

Kánya travelled with Hungarian Prime Minister Béla Imrédy to Berchtesgaden to advocate on behalf of Hungarian territorial claims. Kánya was leader of the Hungarian-Czechoslovak delegation on the negotiations in Komárom.

On 21 November 1938 Kánya was forced to resign following the failure of the German-Italian démarche Carpathian Ukraine invasion. During the end of the Second World War he supported István Bethlen and Miklós Kállay.

References

• Tóth, Imre: A polgári arisztokrata. Kánya Kálmán jellemrajza a kezdetektől a miniszteri posztig. Aetas, 24. évf. (2009) 2. sz. 23–43.
• Pritz, Pál: Döntési folyamatok a magyar külpolitikában. In: uő: A magyar diplomácia a két háború között. Tanulmányok. Budapest, 1995.
• Tóth, Imre: Egy németbarát viszontagságai Berlinben. Kánya Kálmán követi évei (1925–1933) Soproni Szemle, 2008. 3.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• https://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary/History#ref411352
• http://www.hungarianhistory.com/lib/baross/baross01.htm
• http://epa.uz.ua/00000/00010/00014/pdf/HSR_1986_1_003-034.pdf
• Newspaper clippings about Kálmán Kánya in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Political offices
Preceded by Gyula Gömbös	Minister of Foreign Affairs 1933–1938	Succeeded by Béla Imrédy