Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary
The Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary was a member of the Hungarian cabinet in Austria-Hungary.
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. This position was without portfolio.
History of the position
In accordance with the Article 44 of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement the position of minister without portfolio emerged, representing the interests of Croatia-Slavonia and Dalmatia in the Hungarian cabinet, who became responsible to the National Assembly in Pest, which also functioned as a joint legislature after 1868. In December 1868, Koloman Bedeković was appointed the first Minister of Croatian Affairs. On 31 January 1869, Emperor-King Franz Joseph I ordered the abolition of the Croatian Court Chancellery in Vienna which was officially replaced by the Royal Ministry of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia in the Hungarian capital and the autonomous Royal Land Government in Zagreb. By May 1869 the ministry moved to Buda and seated at 16 Dísz Square.Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary (1868–1919)
[Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen] (1868–1918)
Parties# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly |
1 | Koloman Bedeković 1st term | 8 December 1868 | 10 February 1871 | Unionist Party | :hu:Andrássy-kormány|Andrássy DP | 3 | |
1 | Koloman Bedeković 1st term | 8 December 1868 | 10 February 1871 | Unionist Party | :hu:Andrássy-kormány|Andrássy DP | 4 | |
2 | Petar Pejačević | 10 February 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Independent | :hu:Andrássy-kormány|Andrássy DP | 4 | |
2 | Petar Pejačević | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Independent | :hu:Lónyay-kormány|Lónyay DP | 4 | |
2 | Petar Pejačević | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Independent | :hu:Lónyay-kormány|Lónyay DP | 5 | |
2 | Petar Pejačević | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Independent | :hu:Szlávy-kormány|Szlávy DP | 5 | |
2 | Petar Pejačević | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Independent | :hu:Bittó-kormány|Bittó DP–BK | 5 | |
Petar Pejačević | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | :hu:Wenckheim-kormány|Wenckheim SZP | 5 | ||
Petar Pejačević | 20 October 1875 | 25 February 1876 | Liberal Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 6 | ||
Koloman Bedeković 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 | Unionist Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 6 | ||
Koloman Bedeković 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 | Unionist Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 7 | ||
Koloman Bedeković 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 | Unionist Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 8 | ||
Koloman Bedeković 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 | Unionist Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 9 | ||
Koloman Bedeković 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 | Unionist Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 10 | ||
3 | Emerik Josipović | 23 August 1889 | 15 March 1890 | Unionist Party | :hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza SZP | 10 | |
3 | Emerik Josipović | 15 March 1890 | 19 November 1892 | Unionist Party | :hu:Szapáry-kormány|Szapáry SZP | 10 | |
3 | Emerik Josipović | 15 March 1890 | 19 November 1892 | Unionist Party | :hu:Szapáry-kormány|Szapáry SZP | 11 | |
3 | Emerik Josipović | 19 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Unionist Party | :hu:Első Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle I SZP | 11 | |
3 | Emerik Josipović | 15 January 1895 | 10 December 1898 | Unionist Party | :hu:Bánffy-kormány|Bánffy SZP | 11 | |
3 | Emerik Josipović | 15 January 1895 | 10 December 1898 | Unionist Party | :hu:Bánffy-kormány|Bánffy SZP | 12 | |
4 | Ervin Cseh 1st term | 10 December 1898 | 26 February 1899 | Independent | :hu:Bánffy-kormány|Bánffy SZP | 12 | |
4 | Ervin Cseh 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Independent | :hu:Széll-kormány|Széll SZP | 12 | |
4 | Ervin Cseh 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Independent | :hu:Széll-kormány|Széll SZP | 13 | |
5 | Nikola Tomašić | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Croatian National Party | :hu:Első Khuen-Héderváry-kormány|Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 | |
Ervin Cseh 2nd term | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Independent | :hu:Első Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza I SZP | 13 | ||
Ervin Cseh 2nd term | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Independent | :hu:Első Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza I SZP | 14 | ||
6 | Stjepan Kovačević | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | :hu:Fejérváry-kormány|Fejérváry SZP | 14 | |
— | Sándor Wekerle acting | 8 April 1906 | 23 April 1906 | National Constitution Party | :hu:Második Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 14 | |
— | Sándor Wekerle acting | 8 April 1906 | 23 April 1906 | National Constitution Party | :hu:Második Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 | |
7 | Gejza Josipović 1st term | 23 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | Unionist Party | :hu:Második Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 | |
— | Károly Khuen-Héderváry acting | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | :hu:Második Khuen-Héderváry-kormány|Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 | |
— | Károly Khuen-Héderváry acting | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | :hu:Második Khuen-Héderváry-kormány|Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 | |
Gejza Josipović 2nd term | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | Unionist Party | :hu:Lukács-kormány|Lukács NMP | 16 | ||
— | István Tisza acting | 10 June 1913 | 21 July 1913 | National Party of Work | :hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II NMP | 16 | |
8 | Teodor Pejačević interned in France on 22 August 1914 | 21 July 1913 | 16 January 1916 | Independent | :hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II NMP | 16 | |
— | István Tisza acting for Teodor Pejačević | 22 August 1914 | 16 January 1916 | National Party of Work | :hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II NMP | 16 | |
9 | Imre Hideghéthy | 16 January 1916 | 15 June 1917 | Croatian National Party | :hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II NMP | 16 | |
10 | Aladár Zichy | 15 June 1917 | 18 August 1917 | Catholic People's Party | :hu:Esterházy-kormány|Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 | |
11 | Károly Unkelhäusser | 18 August 1917 | 23 August 1917 | Independent | :hu:Esterházy-kormány|Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 | |
11 | Károly Unkelhäusser | 23 August 1917 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | :hu:Harmadik Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 | |
12 | Zsigmond Kunfi | 6 November 1918 | 16 November 1918 | MSZDP | :hu:Károlyi Mihály-kormány|M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT |
Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian Democratic Republic">Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)
Parties# | Picture | Name | From | Until | Political Party | Cabinet | Assembly |
1 | Zsigmond Kunfi | 16 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | MSZDP | :hu:Károlyi Mihály-kormány|M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT |
After World War I
After the First World War the ministry was dissolved because Croatia-Slavonia became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and subsequently the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. However, the position de jure existed until the proclamation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic 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.