Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary


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. 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, which also functioned as a joint legislature after 1868. 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 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
#PictureNameFromUntilPolitical PartyCabinetAssembly
1Koloman Bedeković

1st term
8 December 186810 February 1871Unionist Party:hu:Andrássy-kormány|Andrássy
DP
3
1Koloman Bedeković

1st term
8 December 186810 February 1871Unionist Party:hu:Andrássy-kormány|Andrássy
DP
4
2Petar Pejačević
10 February 187114 November 1871Independent:hu:Andrássy-kormány|Andrássy
DP
4
2Petar Pejačević
14 November 18714 December 1872Independent:hu:Lónyay-kormány|Lónyay
DP
4
2Petar Pejačević
14 November 18714 December 1872Independent:hu:Lónyay-kormány|Lónyay
DP
5
2Petar Pejačević
4 December 187221 March 1874Independent:hu:Szlávy-kormány|Szlávy
DP
5
2Petar Pejačević
21 March 18742 March 1875Independent:hu:Bittó-kormány|Bittó
DP–BK
5
Petar Pejačević
2 March 187520 October 1875Liberal Party:hu:Wenckheim-kormány|Wenckheim
SZP
5
Petar Pejačević
20 October 187525 February 1876Liberal Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
6
Koloman Bedeković

2nd term
25 February 187610 August 1889
Unionist Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
6
Koloman Bedeković

2nd term
25 February 187610 August 1889
Unionist Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
7
Koloman Bedeković

2nd term
25 February 187610 August 1889
Unionist Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
8
Koloman Bedeković

2nd term
25 February 187610 August 1889
Unionist Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
9
Koloman Bedeković

2nd term
25 February 187610 August 1889
Unionist Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
10
3Emerik Josipović
23 August 188915 March 1890Unionist Party:hu:Tisza Kálmán-kormány|K. Tisza
SZP
10
3Emerik Josipović
15 March 189019 November 1892Unionist Party:hu:Szapáry-kormány|Szapáry
SZP
10
3Emerik Josipović
15 March 189019 November 1892Unionist Party:hu:Szapáry-kormány|Szapáry
SZP
11
3Emerik Josipović
19 November 189215 January 1895Unionist Party:hu:Első Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle I
SZP
11
3Emerik Josipović
15 January 189510 December 1898Unionist Party:hu:Bánffy-kormány|Bánffy
SZP
11
3Emerik Josipović
15 January 189510 December 1898Unionist Party:hu:Bánffy-kormány|Bánffy
SZP
12
4Ervin Cseh

1st term
10 December 189826 February 1899Independent:hu:Bánffy-kormány|Bánffy
SZP
12
4Ervin Cseh

1st term
26 February 189927 June 1903Independent:hu:Széll-kormány|Széll
SZP
12
4Ervin Cseh

1st term
26 February 189927 June 1903Independent:hu:Széll-kormány|Széll
SZP
13
5Nikola Tomašić
27 June 19033 November 1903Croatian National Party:hu:Első Khuen-Héderváry-kormány|Khuen-Héderváry I
SZP
13
Ervin Cseh

2nd term
3 November 190318 June 1905Independent:hu:Első Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza I
SZP
13
Ervin Cseh

2nd term
3 November 190318 June 1905Independent:hu:Első Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza I
SZP
14
6Stjepan Kovačević
18 June 19058 April 1906Independent:hu:Fejérváry-kormány|Fejérváry
SZP
14
Sándor Wekerle

acting
8 April 190623 April 1906National Constitution Party:hu:Második Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
14
Sándor Wekerle

acting
8 April 190623 April 1906National Constitution Party:hu:Második Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
15
7Gejza Josipović

1st term
23 April 190617 January 1910Unionist Party:hu:Második Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle II
F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP
15
Károly Khuen-Héderváry

acting
17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of Work:hu:Második Khuen-Héderváry-kormány|Khuen-Héderváry II
NMP
15
Károly Khuen-Héderváry

acting
17 January 191022 April 1912National Party of Work:hu:Második Khuen-Héderváry-kormány|Khuen-Héderváry II
NMP
16
Gejza Josipović

2nd term
22 April 191210 June 1913Unionist Party:hu:Lukács-kormány|Lukács
NMP
16
István Tisza

acting
10 June 191321 July 1913National Party of Work:hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II
NMP
16
8Teodor Pejačević

interned in France on 22 August 1914
21 July 191316 January 1916Independent:hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II
NMP
16
István Tisza

acting for Teodor Pejačević
22 August 191416 January 1916National Party of Work:hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II
NMP
16
9Imre Hideghéthy
16 January 191615 June 1917Croatian National Party:hu:Második Tisza István-kormány|I. Tisza II
NMP
16
10Aladár Zichy
15 June 191718 August 1917Catholic People's Party:hu:Esterházy-kormány|Esterházy
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
16
11Károly Unkelhäusser
18 August 191723 August 1917Independent:hu:Esterházy-kormány|Esterházy
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
16
11Károly Unkelhäusser
23 August 191731 October 1918Independent:hu:Harmadik Wekerle-kormány|Wekerle III
NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP
16
12Zsigmond Kunfi
6 November 191816 November 1918MSZDP:hu:Károlyi Mihály-kormány|M. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP
MNT

Hungarian People's Republic">Hungarian Democratic Republic">Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties
#PictureNameFromUntilPolitical PartyCabinetAssembly
1Zsigmond Kunfi
16 November 191819 January 1919MSZDP:hu:Károlyi Mihály-kormány|M. Károlyi
F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP
MNT

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.