Dezső Perczel Explained

Dezső Perczel
Order:Minister of the Interior of Hungary
Term Start:15 January 1895
Term End:26 February 1899
Predecessor:Károly Hieronymi
Successor:Kálmán Széll
Birth Date:18 January 1848
Birth Place:Szekszárd, Hungary
Death Place:Bonyhád, Hungary
Profession:politician
Party:Liberal Party, Party of National Work

Dr. Dezső Perczel de Bonyhád (18 January 1848  - 20 May 1913) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1895 and 1899 in Dezső Bánffy's cabinet. His father was Béla Perczel, a former Minister of Justice of Hungary. During his reigning Dezső Perczel supported the institution of civil marriage. He also made a law about the parish registers. He took several measures concerning about the labour movement's and the nationality movements' breaking off. Later (1903–1904) he fought against the Opposition's tactics of filibuster. He was a president of new-created Party of National Work.

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