The Rector of the Franz Joseph University was the university's highest officer, elected in May or June every year on the proposal of the faculties. On the same occasions the Deans were also chosen, who, together with the Pro-Rector and the Pro-Deans (the office-holders of the previous school year) formed the university council (Senate) with the Rector being its head.Gaal, p. 33.
The internal affairs of the institution were regulated by the Article XIX of 1872, titled "Regarding the establishment and provisional organization of the Hungarian Royal University of Kolozsvár" and accepted by the Hungarian Parliament on 12 October 1872.Gaal, pp. 23–24.
List of rectors
The history of the Franz Joseph University can be divided to three periods; the first one ran from the foundation (1872) until the end of the World War I, subsequently the university was forced into exile and moved its seat from Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) first to Budapest (1919) and later to Szeged (1921). The Szeged-era lasted until 1940, when in accordance with the Second Vienna Award, Northern Transylvania including Kolozsvár was ceded back to Hungary and the university was relocated to its old home. In 1945, after the Soviet and Romanian forces took over the city, the Franz Joseph University ceased its operation and ended its 73 years history without legal successor. During this period, the institution had 74 rectors, including Bálint Kolosváry and Béla Reinbold, who held the position twice, and Dezső Veszprémy and Béla Issekutz who did not complete their one-year term.Gaal, pp. 110–111.
Foundation and development period 1872–73 — Áron Berde 1873–74 — Vilmos Schulek, Béla Machik 1874–75 — Henrik Finály 1875–76 — Géza Entz 1876–77 — Gusztáv Groisz 1877–78 — Antal Generisch 1878–79 — Sándor Imre 1879–80 — Sámuel Brassai 1880–81 — Károly Haller 1881–82 — Sándor Ajtai K. 1882–83 — Károly Szabó 1883–84 — Antal Abt 1884–85 — Viktor Csiky 1885–86 — János Maizner 1886–87 — János Szamosi 1887–88 — Ágost Kanitz 1888–89 — Sándor Kolosváry 1889–90 — Nándor Klug 1890–91 — Béla Szász 1891–92 — Antal Koch 1892–93 — Kelemen Óvári 1893–94 — József Brandt 1894–95 — Hugó Meltzl 1895–96 — Lajos Martin 1896–97 — Lajos Farkas 1897–98 — Károly Lechner 1898–99 — Adolf Terner 1899–1900 — Rudolf Fabinyi 1900–01 — Gábor Vályi 1901–02 — József Lőte 1902–03 — Lajos Schilling 1903–04 — István Apáthy 1904–05 — Mór Kiss 1905–06 — Dénes Szabó 1906–07 — Gergely Moldován 1907–08 — Gyula Farkas 1908–09 — György Jancsó 1909–10 — László Udránszky 1910–11 — Lajos Szádeczky-Kardoss 1911–12 — Gyula Szádeczky-Kardoss 1912–13 — Ignác Kosutány 1913–14 — Balázs Kenyeres 1914–15 — Sándor Márki 1915–16 — Károly Tangl 1916–17 — Adolf Lukáts 1917–18 — Gusztáv Rigler 1918–19 — István Schneller
In exile 1919–20 — Bálint Kolosváry 1920–21 — Bálint Kolosváry 1921–22 — Gáspár Menyhárt 1922–23 — Péter Pfeiffer 1923–24 — Dezső Veszprémy, Béla Reinbold 1924–25 — János Csengery 1925–26 — Frigyes Riesz 1926–27 — Károly Tóth 1927–28 — Béla Reinbold, Béla Issekutz 1928–29 — Lajos Dézsi 1929–30 — István Győrffy 1930–31 — Ferenc Kováts 1931–32 — Elemér Veress 1932–33 — Henrik Schmidt 1933–34 — Tibor Széki 1934–35 — Albert Kiss 1935–36 — Gábor Ditrói 1936–37 — László Gyula Erdélyi 1937–38 — József Gelei 1938–39 — István Ereky 1939–40 — József Baló
Final years 1940–41 — György Bartók 1941–42 — Zsigmond Szentpétery 1942–43 — Béla Kovrig 1943–44 — László Buza 1944–45 — Dezső Miskolczy
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