Dr. Dezső Perczel de Bonyhád (18 January 1848 – 20 May 1913) was a
Hungarian politician, who served as
Interior Minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...
between 1895 and 1899 in
Dezső Bánffy
Baron Dezső Bánffy de Losonc (; 28 October 184324 May 1911) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1895 to 1899.
Biography
Born into the old Hungarian House of Bánffy, Dezső Bánffy was the son of Baron D ...
's cabinet. His father was
Béla Perczel
Dr. Béla Perczel de Bonyhád (15 June 1819 – 25 March 1888) was a Hungary, Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1875 and 1878. His son was the Interior Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives ...
, a former Minister of Justice of Hungary. During his reigning Dezső Perczel supported the institution of
civil marriage
A civil marriage is a marriage performed, recorded, and recognized by a government official. Such a marriage may be performed by a religious body and recognized by the state, or it may be entirely secular.
History
Countries maintaining a popul ...
. He also made a law about the
parish registers. He took several measures concerning about the
labour movement
The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...
's and the
nationality movements' breaking off. Later (1903–1904) he fought against the
Opposition's tactics of
filibuster
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. He was a president of new-created Party of National Work.
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1848 births
1913 deaths
Politicians from Austria-Hungary
People from Szekszárd
19th-century Hungarian politicians
Ministers of the interior of Hungary
Speakers of the House of Representatives of Hungary
20th-century Hungarian politicians
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