Aurél Dessewffy (1846–1928)

Aurél Dessewffy


Speaker of the House of Magnates
In office 17 May 1906 – 10 February 1910
Preceded by	Albin Csáky
Succeeded by	Albin Csáky
Personal details
Born	16 January 1846 Bűdszentmihály, Kingdom of Hungary (today part of Tiszavasvári, Hungary)
Died	28 March 1928 (aged 82) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is cserneki és tarkeői gróf Dessewffy Aurél. This article uses the Western name order.

Count Aurél Dessewffy de Csernek et Tarkeő (16 January 1846 – 28 March 1928) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates between 1906 and 1910. He also functioned as board member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA). He was the last judge royal of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1917 to 1918.

He was the son of Count Emil Dessewffy, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Aurél married Countess Pálma Károlyi, only daughter of Count Tibor Károlyi, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates between 1898 and 1900.

Works

Közlekedés ügyében tárgyalt kérdések (co-author with Endre György, Budapest, 1881)
A gazdakör hitelügyi bizottságának emlékirata (co-author with József Schmidt, Budapest, 1884)

References

Jónás, Károly – Villám, Judit: A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848–2002. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 233–236

Political offices
Preceded by Albin Csáky	Speaker of the House of Magnates 1906–1910	Succeeded by Albin Csáky
Preceded by Béla Orczy	Judge royal 1917–1918	Succeeded by office abolished

Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

House of Magnates (1848–1918)	Majláth, Sr. Perényi (I) G. Apponyi Sennyey Majláth, Jr. Szőgyény-Marich Sennyey Vay Szlávy Tóth Károlyi Csáky Dessewffy Csáky Jósika Hadik-Barkóczy Wlassics

House of Representatives (1848–1918)	Pázmándy P. Almásy Palóczy Ghyczy Szentiványi Somssich Bittó B. Perczel Ghyczy Szlávy Péchy Bánffy Szilágyi Madarász D. Perczel A. Apponyi D. Perczel Justh S. Gál Berzeviczy Návay Tisza Beőthy Szász

National Assembly (1920–1927)	Rakovszky Gaál Scitovszky Zsitvay

House of Magnates (1927–1945)	Wlassics Széchényi Perényi (III) Rátz

House of Representatives (1927–1945)	Zsitvay L. Almásy Sztranyavszky Kornis Darányi Tasnádi Nagy

Provisional National Assembly (1944–1945)	Vásáry Zsedényi

National Assembly (since 1945)	F. Nagy Varga Szabó I. Nagy Olt Drahos Dögei Rónai Metzker Vass Kállai Apró Sarlós Stadinger Szűrös (Fodor) Göncz Szabad Z. Gál Áder Szili Katona Schmitt Kövér

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