András Bethlen
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Count András Bethlen de Bethlen (26 July 1847 – 25 August 1898) was a Hungarian
Hungary
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 politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1890 and 1894. He studied law in Budapest and national economy studies in Brussels
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 and Leipzig
Leipzig
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. He was a member of the Diet of Hungary
Diet of Hungary
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 from 1873 to 1882 in colours of the Liberal Party, which governed Hungary until 1890.

Bethlen served as administrative chief of Brassó County and Szeben County (Count of the Saxons). Count Gyula Szapáry
Gyula Szapáry
Gyula Count Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892....

 appointed him Minister of Agriculture. Bethlen also hold the office in the next government (first cabinet of Sándor Wekerle
Sándor Wekerle
Sándor Wekerle was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister.He was born in Mór, in the comitatus of Fejér. His mother was Antónia Szép.After studying law at the University of Budapest he graduated doctor juris...

). He founded the Institute of Experimental Plant and surveyed the introduction of the agricultural statistics. He also published articles on economics.
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