Minister_of_Croatian_Affairs_of_Hungary Knowpia

The minister of Croatian affairs of Hungary (Hungarian: horvát-szlavón-dalmát tárca nélküli miniszter; Croatian: hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinski ministar bez lisnice) was a member of the Hungarian cabinet in Austria-Hungary. The position was created following the Croatian–Hungarian Agreement in 1868. The minister was appointed by the emperor-king. The officeholder kept a connection between Croatia-Slavonia-Dalmatia and the Hungarian Kingdom (and also the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary). This position was without portfolio.

History of the position edit

In accordance with the Article 44 of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement the position of minister without portfolio emerged, representing the interests of Croatia-Slavonia and Dalmatia in the Hungarian cabinet, who became responsible to the National Assembly in Pest (later Budapest), which also functioned as a joint legislature after 1868 (however the separately administered Dalmatia sent delegates to the Imperial Council, not the Hungarian parliament).^[1] In December 1868, Koloman Bedeković was appointed the first Minister of Croatian Affairs. On 31 January 1869, Emperor-King Franz Joseph I ordered the abolition of the Croatian Court Chancellery in Vienna which was officially replaced by the Royal Ministry of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia (after 1873 Ministry of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia) in the Hungarian capital and the autonomous Royal Land Government in Zagreb. By May 1869 the ministry moved to Buda and seated at 16 Dísz Square.^[2]

Ministers of Croatian affairs of Hungary (1868–1919) edit

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (1868–1918) edit

Parties Croatian Unionist Party Croatian National Party Liberal Party/National Party of Work National Constitution Party Catholic People's Party MSZDP Independent

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1	Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 1st term	8 December 1868	10 February 1871	Unionist Party	Andrássy DP	3 (1865)
1	Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 1st term	8 December 1868	10 February 1871	Unionist Party		4 (1869)
2	Petar Pejačević (1804–1887)	10 February 1871	14 November 1871	Independent
		14 November 1871	4 December 1872		Lónyay DP
		14 November 1871	4 December 1872		Lónyay DP	5 (1872)
		4 December 1872	21 March 1874		Szlávy DP
		21 March 1874	2 March 1875		Bittó DP–BK
(2)		2 March 1875	20 October 1875	Liberal Party	Wenckheim SZP
(2)		20 October 1875	25 February 1876	Liberal Party	K. Tisza SZP	6 (1875)
(1)	Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 2nd term	25 February 1876	10 August 1889 (died in office)	Unionist Party		6 (1875)
						7 (1878)
						8 (1881)
						9 (1884)
						10 (1887)
3	Emerik Josipović (1834–1910)	23 August 1889	15 March 1890	Unionist Party
		15 March 1890	19 November 1892		Szapáry SZP
		15 March 1890	19 November 1892		Szapáry SZP	11 (1892)
		19 November 1892	15 January 1895		Wekerle I SZP
		15 January 1895	10 December 1898		Bánffy SZP
		15 January 1895	10 December 1898			12 (1896)
4	Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 1st term	10 December 1898	26 February 1899	Independent
		26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP
		26 February 1899	27 June 1903		Széll SZP	13 (1901)
5	Nikola Tomašić (1864–1918)	27 June 1903	3 November 1903	Croatian National Party	Khuen-Héderváry I SZP
(4)	Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 2nd term	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Independent	I. Tisza I SZP
(4)	Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 2nd term	3 November 1903	18 June 1905	Independent	I. Tisza I SZP	14 (1905)
6	Stjepan Kovačević (1841–1913)	18 June 1905	8 April 1906	Independent	Fejérváry SZP
—	Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting	8 April 1906	23 April 1906	National Constitution Party	Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
—	Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting	8 April 1906	23 April 1906	National Constitution Party		15 (1906)
7	Gejza Josipović (1857–1934) 1st term	23 April 1906	17 January 1910	Unionist Party
—	Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) acting	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP
—	Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) acting	17 January 1910	22 April 1912	National Party of Work	Khuen-Héderváry II NMP	16 (1910)
(7)	Gejza Josipović (1857–1934) 2nd term	22 April 1912	10 June 1913	Unionist Party	Lukács NMP
—	István Tisza (1861–1918) acting	10 June 1913	21 July 1913	National Party of Work	I. Tisza II NMP
8	Teodor Pejačević (1855–1928) interned in France on 22 August 1914	21 July 1913	16 January 1916	Independent
—	István Tisza (1861–1918) acting for Teodor Pejačević	22 August 1914	16 January 1916	National Party of Work
9	Imre Hideghéthy (1860–1920)	16 January 1916	15 June 1917	Croatian National Party
10	Aladár Zichy (1864–1937)	15 June 1917	18 August 1917	Catholic People's Party	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
11	Károly Unkelhäusser (1866–1938)	18 August 1917	23 August 1917	Independent	Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
11	Károly Unkelhäusser (1866–1938)	23 August 1917	31 October 1918	Independent	Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
12	Zsigmond Kunfi (1879–1929)	6 November 1918	16 November 1918	MSZDP	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919) edit

Parties MSZDP

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party	Cabinet	Assembly (Election)
1		Zsigmond Kunfi (1879–1929)	16 November 1918	19 January 1919	MSZDP	M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP	MNT (—)

After World War I edit

After the First World War the ministry was dissolved because Croatia-Slavonia became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and subsequently the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. However, the position de jure existed until the proclamation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in March 1919.

Zsigmond Kunfi, as the last de facto minister of Croatian Affairs, was entrusted with the ministry's liquidation between 6 November 1918 and 19 January 1919.

References edit

^ Holjevac 2015, p. 419.
^ Holjevac 2015, p. 420.

Sources edit

Holjevac, Željko (2015). "A budapesti horvát minisztérium (1868–1918)". In Fodor, Pál; Sokcsevits, Dénes (eds.). A horvát–magyar együttélés fordulópontjai. Intézmények, társadalom, gazdaság, kultúra [Turning Points of the Croato-Hungarian Coexistence: Institutions, Society, Economy, Culture] (in Hungarian). MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont. pp. 419–425. ISBN 978-963-416-019-9.