Gyula Justh (13 January 1850 – 9 October 1917) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1905 and 1909.

Biography

He was born in Necpál,

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(today: ''Necpaly, Slovakia'') as a child of István Justh and Margit Pákozdy. After finishing law studies he became Chief Constable of

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however the governing Liberal Party overthrew him because of his thoughts of independence against Austro-Hungarian Compromise. After that he returned to his estate in Tornya (today ''Turnu, Romania''). Later he farmed in his property in

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. He was elected Member of Parliament for

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in 1884. He held this position until his death. He often spoke out for civic democratic reforms. He served as deputy chairman of the Independence Party since 1891 and as chairman from 1893 when the previous leader

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died. He had a significant role in the developing of the Church Policy Act during the first cabinet of Sándor Wekerle in 1894-1895. After the division of " 48 factions" he broke up with the faction which was led by Gábor Ugron. He became chairman again when the party reunited, but soon resigned from his position for

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's benefit. Two years later, he had a role in the protests against Press Criminal Procedure. He was one of the leaders of the

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in 1898 which led to the resignation of

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. Justh was appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1905 when his party won a majority in the lower house. Unlike Ferenc Kossuth, he proved to be understanding in the case of Croatian representatives' obstruction who convicted the Hungarian service language among the

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. He fought for the introduction of

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on the side of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party and Civil Radicals (

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). He resigned in 1909 when he came into conflict with Kossuth in the issue of an independent national bank (the

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was created only in 1924). He led the obstruction against

István Tisza Count István Imre Lajos Pál Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged (, English: Stephen Emery Louis Paul Tisza, short name: Stephen Tisza); (22 April 1861 – 31 October 1918) was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary, prime minister ...

in 1912. One year later he was the co-chairman, along with Kossuth, of the united opposition against the Prime Minister's policy, but the real power was concentrated in the hands of Count

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. Justh agreed with the radical programs of Károlyi. In the last years he suffered from illness and lived in retreat. He is an honorary citizen of Makó.Ferenc Tóth - László Domokos: ''Címerek és díszpolgárok Makón''. A Makói Múzeum Füzetei, 69. Makó, 1991.

References

External links

* Jónás, Károly - Villám, Judit: ''A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848-2002''. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 147–151 {{DEFAULTSORT:Justh, Gyula 1850 births 1917 deaths People from Martin District Speakers of the House of Representatives of Hungary