Baron Zsigmond Perényi de Perény (25 November 1870 – 18 March 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1919.
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Early life
He was the son of Baron Zsigmond Lipót Perényi de Perény (1843–1915) and Baroness Petronella Mária Perényi de Perény (1845–1914). His sister, Baroness Gabriella Perényi de Perény, was the wife of Count August of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (a grandson of Hugo, 2nd Prince of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz, through his youngest son Count Erich of Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz).
Career
During the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he was arrested by the communists. He was the governor of the Governorate of Subcarpathia (Kárpátaljai Kormányzóság) between 28 June 1939 and 12 September 1940. As Crown Guard, he was a member of the House of Magnates, later Speaker of this assembly. In 1944, he resigned because of the appointment of the cabinet of Ferenc Szálasi's Hungarist Arrow Cross Party).
Personal life
He was married to Etelka Cseh de Szentkatolna (1872–1947), a daughter of János Cseh de Szentkatolna and Valéria Szuhányi de Hirip et Ivácskó. From her earlier marriage to Aladár Ráthonyi de Adorján, she was the mother of György Ráthonyi de Adorján. Together, Zsigmond and Etelka were the parents of:
Baron Zsigmond Perényi de Perény (1901–1965), who married American writer Eleanor Spence Stone, a daughter of Commodore Ellis Spencer Stone and Grace Zaring Stone. They divorced and he married Teréz Alexander, a daughter of Simon Alexander.
Baron Perényi died on 18 March 1946 at Budapest, Hungary.