Gyula Peidl (4 April 1873 – 22 January 1943) was a Hungarian trade union leader and socialist politician who served briefly as the last prime minister and acting head of state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919.
In the six days his government ruled, he tried to minimize the damage caused to Hungary by Communist rule. As Romanian troops advanced on Budapest, he began to repeal and annul the unpopular decrees and measures of the Communists, restored private property, closed the revolutionary tribunals and dissolved the Red Guards.
On 6 August 1919 his government was overthrown by a rightist armed coup. Peidl went in exile in Austria. In 1921, Peidl returned to Hungary and resumed his political and trade union activities. From 1922 to 1931, he led the Hungarian Social Democratic Party in the Hungarian parliament.
Peidl died in Hungary in 1943.
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| Preceded by Sándor Garbai |
Acting Head of State of Hungary 1919 |
Succeeded by Archduke Joseph |
| Preceded by Antal Dovcsák |
Prime Minister of Hungary 1919 |
Succeeded by István Friedrich |
| Preceded by Ferenc Miákits |
Minister of Finance 1919 |
Succeeded by János Grünn |
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| Name | Peidl, Gyula |
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| Date of birth | 4 April 1873 |
| Place of birth | Ravazd, Hungary |
| Date of death | 22 January 1943 |
| Place of death | Budapest, Hungary |