Edvard Beneš
In 1935, the Hungarian MPs supported the successful bid of Edvard Beneš for the office of President of the Czechoslovak Republic. Edvard Beneš promised concessions to the Hungarian minority. He accepted funding from the Office of President to support Hungarian students and "against Hungarian irredentism". The office of President Beneš paid this in four instalments; the total amount 144,000 crowns. This was a part to his attempt to gain the favour of a younger generation within OKszP. In 1936, Beneš proposed to Esterházy political cooperation with government and offered him a position as a government Minister-without-Portfolio, but Esterházy did not accept.