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 (and also the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary). 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 (later Budapest), which also functioned as a joint legislature after 1868 (however the separately administered Dalmatia sent delegates to the Imperial Council, not the Hungarian parliament). 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 (after 1873 Ministry of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia) 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
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Koloman Bedeković(1818–1889)1st term8 December 186810 February 1871Unionist PartyAndrássyDP3 (1865)4 (1869)2Petar Pejačević(1804–1887)10 February 187114 November 1871Independent14 November 18714 December 1872LónyayDP5 (1872)4 December 187221 March 1874SzlávyDP21 March 18742 March 1875BittóDP–BK(2)2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal PartyWenckheimSZP20 October 187525 February 1876K. TiszaSZP6 (1875)(1)Koloman Bedeković(1818–1889)2nd term25 February 187610 August 1889(died in office)Unionist Party7 (1878)8 (1881)9 (1884)10 (1887)3Emerik Josipović(1834–1910)23 August 188915 March 1890Unionist Party15 March 189019 November 1892SzapárySZP11 (1892)19 November 189215 January 1895Wekerle ISZP15 January 189510 December 1898BánffySZP12 (1896)4Ervin Cseh(1838–1918)1st term10 December 189826 February 1899Independent26 February 189927 June 1903SzéllSZP13 (1901)5Nikola Tomašić(1864–1918)27 June 19033 November 1903Croatian People's PartyKhuen-Héderváry ISZP(4)Ervin Cseh(1838–1918)2nd term3 November 190318 June 1905IndependentI. Tisza ISZP14 (1905)6Stjepan Kovačević(1841–1913)18 June 19058 April 1906IndependentFejérvárySZP—Sándor Wekerle(1848–1921)acting8 April 190623 April 1906National Constitution PartyWekerle IIF48P–OAP–KNP–PDP15 (1906)7Gejza Josipović(1857–1934)1st term23 April 190617 January 1910Unionist Party—Károly Khuen-Héderváry(1849–1918)acting17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of WorkKhuen-Héderváry IINMP16 (1910)(7)Gejza Josipović(1857–1934)2nd term22 April 191210 June 1913Unionist PartyLukácsNMP—István Tisza(1861–1918)acting10 June 191321 July 1913National Party of WorkI. Tisza IINMP8Teodor Pejačević(1855–1928)interned in France on 22 August 191421 July 191316 January 1916Independent—István Tisza(1861–1918)acting for Teodor Pejačević22 August 191416 January 1916National Party of Work9Imre Hideghéthy(1860–1920)16 January 191615 June 1917Croatian People's Party10Aladár Zichy(1864–1937)15 June 191718 August 1917Catholic People's PartyEsterházyNMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP11Károly Unkelhäusser(1866–1938)18 August 191723 August 1917Independent23 August 191731 October 1918Wekerle IIINMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP12Zsigmond Kunfi(1879–1929)6 November 191816 November 1918MSZDPM. KárolyiF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)
Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919) Parties
Portrait NameTerm of office Political party Cabinet Assembly1Zsigmond Kunfi(1879–1929)16 November 191819 January 1919MSZDPM. KárolyiF48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDPMNT (—)
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.
See also List of Croatian bans List of dukes and kings of Croatia List of heads of state of Hungary List of prime ministers of Hungary Politics of Croatia Politics of Hungary Cabinet ministers Minister of Agriculture (Hungary) Minister of Civilian Intelligence Services (Hungary) Minister of Defence (Hungary) Minister of Education (Hungary) Minister of Finance (Hungary) Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) Minister of the Interior (Hungary) Minister of Justice (Hungary) Minister of Public Works and Transport (Hungary)
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