Károly Unkelhäusser (15 January 1866 in
Vukovar
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– 20 February 1938) was a
Hungarian politician who served as
Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs between 1917 and 1918. From 20 December 1912 he substituted
Slavko Cuvaj until the ban's definitive replacement. He was the substitute of the province chief of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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between 1915 and 1917, but he left this position for the Croatian Affairs ministerial post. He was deprived of his function as a result of the Aster Revolution.
From 2 November he served as designated
Ban of Croatia. His commission was in order to proclaim
Dalmatia
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's, Bosnia and Herzegovina's and
Croatia
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's union inside the
Kingdom of Hungary
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's frameworks. But was too late already. These territories were united, though under the aegis of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later ''Kingdom of Yugoslavia'') which created newly. It was not the turn of his actual ban appointment already since, because of the function ceased with the disintegration of the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1866 births
1938 deaths
People from Vukovar
Ministers of Croatian affairs of Hungary
People from Austria-Hungary
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