Erney Károly

BIOGRAPHY IN THE HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENT'S ALMANACH 1931-1935

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(All Hungarian person and company names were translated - may be, not always to the right English name.)

CHARLES ERNEY

was born in Budapest, at 13th February 1874 - he is the son of government counsellor general and the National School of Music's director Joseph Erney of Nagyernye. After completing his studies at the Commercial Academy and a four year long, mostly on abroad made practice, he begun his service by the First National Savings-Bank of Pest. He has begun in 1894 like a trainee and advanced from step for step, after more then one generation work, as the late Mr. Julius Walder's successor  into the general director's chair. Except this institute he practices his unusual economical activity in a whole set of board of directors of banks, commercial and industrial enterprises. He is member of the board of directors among other things of the National Banking Corporation Ltd., the Tannin Factory and Steam-Saw Ltd. Co. of Nasic, the First Hungarian Economical Machine Factory, the Steam Mill of Borsod-Miskolc, the Capital's Brewery, the Budapest Capital's Traffic Ltd. Co. and the Co-operative "Hangya" (Ant). He is committee member of the Central Corporation of Banking Companies, main councillor of the National Bank of Hungary. Stock exchange councillor and president of the Budapest Commercial Academy's managing committee, member of the Council of the National Industry und of the Council of the Commerce's Special Education.
To recognize his services in the Hungarian economics appointed him the governor in 1923 for main councillor of the treasury. He did not undertake any political activity for a long time; at the appearance of Count Stephen Bethlen he has been his follower. The Minister of Finance asked often for his advices, so he practiced deciding influence in many questions in connection of finances.
From these of his activities should be mentioned that he made at the time - for the order of the at that time Minister of Religion and Education: Count Kunó Klebersberg - the goldbudget of the Hungarian Opera. As the Minister of Cultural Affairs occupied with the national theatres' financing, the Ministry of Religion and Education arranged the budget of the Opera according to Erney's goldbudget plan. Although he has kept away himself from the political activity for a long time, it is worthwhile to mention that he was mentioned in political circles like one előharcos of the free choosing of the king.
          Since 1927 he is member of the Main House of the National Council. The governor has appointed him for the member of the Main House of the National Council for a lifelong period. The House has always heard his speeches in topic of economics and finances with unusual attention..

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