Béla Vörösmarty (23 April 1844 – 9 October 1904) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, son of poet

Mihály Vörösmarty Mihály Vörösmarty (archaically English: Michael Vorosmarthy 1 December 180019 November 1855) was a Hungarians, Hungarian poet and dramatist who lived and worked in the Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Kingdom of Hungary. Biography He was ...

and and brother of

Ilona Vörösmarty Ilona Vörösmarty (2 May 1846 – 13 December 1910) was a Hungarian noblewoman, the second child and the daughter of poet Mihály Vörösmarty and his wife, Laura Csajághy. Family Her brother was Béla Vörösmarty. After her father's d ...

Biography

After his father's death in 1855, he raised in the home of Ferenc Deák. He finished his secondary and legal studies in

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. After that he worked as a judge for the Royal Court of Budapest since 1868. He became a member of the

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in 1887. He was appointed President of the Royal Court of

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in 1895, replacing

Sándor Erdély Sándor Erdély (1 August 1839 - 15 May 1922) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of th ...

who became

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. Vörösmarty was elected Secretary of State for Justice under Minister Erdély in that year. He served as Member of Parliament for Nyitrazsámbokrét (today: ''Žabokreky nad Nitrou, Slovakia'') between 1899 and 1901. He was appointed Vice President of the Curia Regia in 1901, replacing

Bódog Czorda Bódog Czorda (18 December 1828 – 4 July 1904) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He worked as a lawyer until the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when joined to the Honvédség. After the defeat of the War of Independence he was involuntarily ...

Sources

* MAGYAR ORSZÁGGYŰLÉSI ALMANACH (1901-1906) * Magyar életrajzi lexikon
Vörösmarty családja és utódai
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vorosmarty, Bela 1844 births 1904 deaths Jurists from Austria-Hungary Hungarian jurists Hungarian politicians Hungarian nobility People from Pest, Hungary