Tibor Károlyi (politician)
Tibor Károlyi | |
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Speaker of the House of Magnates | |
In office 17 June 1898 – 2 October 1900 | |
Preceded by | Vilmos Tóth |
Succeeded by | Albin Csáky |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 September 1843 Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (today: Bratislava, Slovakia) |
Died | 5 April 1904 (aged 60) Abbázia, Austria-Hungary (today: Opatija, Croatia) |
Profession | politician |
Count Tibor Károlyi de Nagykároly (26 September 1843 – 5 April 1904) was a
Biography
He was born in
At the age of 20, along with his brothers he traveled Spain and Africa. He joined Hungarian Legion in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, became aide-de-camp of György Klapka. After dissolution of the legion moved to Paris. He returned to home only in 1867.
He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1875 to 1884 as a representative of the governing Liberal Party. He was a Member of Parliament for
Károlyi also dealt with fine arts and economy besides politics. He translated Edgar Quinet's work, named Histoire de la campagne de 1815 about the French Revolution as well as a book about Eighty Years' War by John Lothrop Motley. He also published Archives of Károlyi family in five volumes.
He participated in the significant water control operations, whereby he was chairman of the companies which carried out discharge of
His social work also undertaken; became chairman of the Hungarian Fine Arts Society, following Arnold Ipolyi in that position. He also served as President of the Smallholders' Credit Institution, as well as Chairman of the Board of the Adria Shipping Company. Tibor Károlyi died in 1904.
References
- Jónás, Károly - Villám, Judit: A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848-2002. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 223–225
External links
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