Ágoston Trefort

Ágoston Trefort
Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary
In office
4 September 1872  22 August 1888
Preceded byTivadar Pauler
Succeeded byGábor Baross
Personal details
Born(1817-02-07)7 February 1817
Homonna, Kingdom of Hungary
Died22 August 1888(1888-08-22) (aged 71)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Political partyOpposition Party
Deák Party
Liberal Party
SpouseIlona Alojzia Erzsébet Rosty de Barkócz
ChildrenEdit
Ervin
Mária
Professionpolitician, jurist

Dr. Ágoston Trefort (pronunciation: ['a:gɔʃtɔn 'trɛfɔrt]; 7 February 1817 – 22 August 1888) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education from 1872 until his death. He was the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1885.