The Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary ( hu, horvát-szlavón-dalmát tárca nélküli miniszter; hr, hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinski ministar bez lisnice) was a member of the Hungarian cabinet in

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. 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 The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

(and also the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary). This position was without portfolio.

History of the position

In accordance with the Article 44 of the

Croatian–Hungarian Settlement The Croatian–Hungarian Settlement ( hr, Hrvatsko-ugarska nagodba, hu, magyar–horvát kiegyezés, german: Kroatisch-Ungarischer Ausgleich) was a pact signed in 1868 that governed Croatia's political status in the Hungarian-ruled part of Aust ...

the position of minister without portfolio emerged, representing the interests of

Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...

and

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in the Hungarian cabinet, who became responsible to the National Assembly in Pest (later

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), which also functioned as a joint legislature after 1868 (however the separately administered Dalmatia sent delegates to the Imperial Council, not the Hungarian parliament). In December 1868,

Koloman Bedeković Koloman Bedeković ( hu, Kálmán Bedekovich; 13 October 1818 – 10 August 1889) was a Croatian politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1868 and 1871 and between 1876 and 1889. He had a significa ...

was appointed the first Minister of Croatian Affairs. On 31 January 1869, Emperor-King

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until ...

ordered the abolition of the Croatian Court Chancellery in

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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

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. By May 1869 the ministry moved to

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and seated at 16 Dísz Square.

Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary (1868–1919)

Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen ( hu, a Szent Korona Országai), informally Transleithania (meaning the lands or region "beyond" the Leitha River) were the Hungarian territories of Austria-Hungary, throughout the latter's entire exis ...
(1868–1918)

Parties

Hungarian People's Republic The Hungarian People's Republic ( hu, Magyar Népköztársaság) was a one-party state, one-party socialist state from 20 August 1949 to 23 October 1989. It was governed by the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, which was under the influence ...
(1918–1919)

Parties

After World War I

After the

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the ministry was dissolved because Croatia-Slavonia became part of the

State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( sh, Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba / ; sl, Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs ( ...

and subsequently the

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. However, the position ''de jure'' existed until the proclamation of the

Hungarian Soviet Republic The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...

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

Sources

*{{cite book , last=Holjevac , first=Željko , editor1-last=Fodor , editor1-first=Pál , editor2-last=Sokcsevits , editor2-first=Dénes , title=A horvát–magyar együttélés fordulópontjai. Intézmények, társadalom, gazdaság, kultúra '' urning Points of the Croato-Hungarian Coexistence: Institutions, Society, Economy, Culture' , publisher=MTA Bölcsészettudományi Kutatóközpont , year=2015 , pages=419–425 , chapter=A budapesti horvát minisztérium (1868–1918) , isbn=978-963-416-019-9, language=hu Croatian Ministers