Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1929 |
Number: | 2 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Count Albert Apponyi |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1846 |
Year, Death: | 1933 |
Profession: | Member of the Hungarian parliament. Former Cabinet Minister |
City: | Budapest |
Country: | HUNGARY (HU) |
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Motivation: | Apponyi promoted inter-parliamentary peace work and international arbitration. Delegate to all inter-parliamentary peace conferences since 1895 (except Brussels 1897). He initiated a proposal intended to make compulsory the establishment of pressure groups working for peace by the national inter-parliamentary groups. Apponyi had founded such a group in Hungary. He represented Hungary in the Council of the League of Nations in 1925, and was an advocate for disarmament. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | The professors at the Faculty of Law at the Elisabeth University of Pécs |
Profession: | Professors of Law |
University: | Elizabeth University of Pécs |
City: | Pécs |
Country: | HUNGARY (HU) |
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Comments: |
Apponyi was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested. |
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