Miklós Vay
Speaker of the House of Magnates | |
| In office 17 January 1888 – 13 May 1894 | |
| Preceded by | Pál Sennyey |
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| Succeeded by | József Szlávy |
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| Born | 29 April 1802 Alsózsolca, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 13 May 1894 (aged 92) Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Profession | Politician |
Baron Miklós Vay de Vaja et Laskod (29 April 1802 – 13 May 1894) was a
Biography
Vay was born in
He functioned as an administrator of the Calvinist Diocese of Tiszántúl from 1840. He was appointed crown guard in 1844. He was a member of the Hungarian Royal Council of Governor (Helytartótanács) in 1845. He was appointed Royal Commissioner to Transylvania by the Cabinet of Lajos Batthyány in June 1848. The Prime Minister realised that he could not compromise with the Emperor, so on 2 October he resigned again and nominated Vay as his successor. However, Vay declined the position. At the end of the year he retired from the politics.
Despite this, he was arrested and sentenced to death after defeat of the
References
- Jónás, Károly - Villám, Judit: A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848-2002. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 213–216
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