István Tisza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

István Tisza

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 22-Apr-1861

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1918

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About István Tisza

  • Count István Tisza de Borosjeno et Szeged (archaically English: Stephen Tisza; 22 April 1861 – 31 October 1918) was a Hungarian politician, prime minister, political scientist, international lawyer, macroeconomist, and member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  • The prominent event in his life was Austria-Hungary's entry into the First World War when he was prime minister for the second time.
  • He was later assassinated during the Aster Revolution on 31 October 1918 - the same day that Hungary terminated its political union with Austria.
  • Tisza supported the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary and was representative of the then liberal-conservative consent. He had been a Member of Parliament since 1887 and had had abundant opportunities to see how the unyielding temper of the Emperor on the one hand, and the revolutionary spirit of the extremists on the other, were leading to a complete impasse.
  • He himself supported the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
  • A social reactionary to the end, Tisza stubbornly opposed on principle the break-up of the large landed estates as well as even the most modest reform proposals that would have granted the suffrage to soldiers fighting at the front (before 1918 only 10% of the Hungarian population could vote and hold office).
  • However, in economic affairs, he tended to be a modernizer who encouraged and supported industrialization and, in that respect, he was an opponent of anti-Semitism, which he feared could jeopardize Hungary's economic development.
  • Among the Hungarian political leaders, Tisza was the most zealous adherent of Dualism and the partnership with Austria.In the diplomacy, Tisza's role model was Otto von Bismarck.
  • As an economist, he followed the concepts of the English historical school of economics, as a lawyer and political scientist, Tisza favored the societal and political development of England, which he considered as the "ideal way of development".

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