From 1916 he was a member of the county's municipality and became chairman of the Alliance of Social Associations' group in Sárbogárd.

He was a member of the party's committee which examined the Jewish question and of the special delegation which smoothed the differences between the House of Magnates and the House of Representatives in connection with the second Jewish law.

From June 1940 to February 1941, he served as governor of agricultural processing and marketing.

After the Nazi occupation of Hungary (Operation Margarethe) in the cabinet of Döme Sztójay, he was appointed Minister of Agriculture.

After the Arrow Cross Party's coup d'état (Operation Panzerfaust), he served as Minister of Welfare.