László Csány (also Csányi; 1790 – 10 October 1849) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Public Works and Transport in 1849.

László Csány (Csányi) was born into an old, medium landowner noble family in Zalacsány, Zala County, which originated from the gens Hahót.

man, who also suffered from chronic stomach trouble, which his doctor associated with the dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system".

He could not prevent the crossing of Ban Josip Jelačić, but managed to convince the officers of the lawfulness of resistance.

He established a regime of so-called martial courts empowered to execute without trial members of the non-Hungarian ethnic groups, primarily Romanians and Transylvanian Saxons, which led to a horrific spiral of violence costing the lives of many thousand civilians.

General Bem strongly disagreed with the iron-hand policies of Csány, which he put in written, considering them opposed to the spirit of liberation of the European 1848 revolution.

The relationship between the two men deteriorated and as a result Kossuth offered Csány the position of Minister of Public Works and Transport.

The main aspect of the nomination was Csány's political reliability for the Governor-President, Lajos Kossuth.

Baron János Jeszenák and László Csány were executed on 10 October 1849, four days after the death of Lajos Batthyány and the 13 Martyrs of Arad.

Besides Prime Minister Batthyány and Speaker of the House of Magnates Zsigmond Perényi, Csány was the third highest-ranking civilian leader, who was executed by the Austrian Empire after defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.