Dragutin Khuen-Héderváry

Károly Khuen-Héderváry

Károly Khuen-Héderváry
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office 27 June – 3 November 1903 (0 years, 129 days)
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Kálmán Széll
Succeeded by	István Tisza
In office 17 January 1910 – 22 April 1912 (2 years, 96 days)
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Sándor Wekerle
Succeeded by	László Lukács
Ban of Croatia-Slavonia
In office 4 December 1883 – 27 June 1903
Preceded by	Hermann Ramberg
Succeeded by	Teodor Pejačević
Personal details
Born	23 May 1849 Gräfenberg, Austrian Silesia
Died	16 February 1918 aoremovetag(aged 68) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian

The native form of this personal name is Hédervári gróf dr. Khuen-Héderváry Károly. This article uses the Western name order.

Dragutin Károly Khuen-Héderváry, also known as Károly Count Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár (Croatian: Dragutin Khuen-Héderváry, 23 May 1849, Bad Gräfenberg (Czech: Jeseník), Austrian Silesia – 16 February 1918, Budapest), was a Hungarian politician, the ban of Croatia in the late nineteenth century. He succeeded the temporary reign of Ban Hermann Ramberg in 1883. Khuen's reign was marked by a strong magyarization. After a series of riots broke out against him in 1903, Khuen was relieved of his duty and appointed prime minister of Hungary.

Life

Ban of Croatia-Slavonia

During his time as ban, the Hungarian language came into official use and Hungarian symbols were brought alongside the national symbols of the Croats. Khuen was forced to deal with many protests, including one during the 1895 visit of King Franz Joseph. At the opening of the Croatian National Theatre which the King was attending, a group of students burned the Hungarian flag beneath the statue of Ban Jelačić.

Prime Minister (1903)

At the elections of 1901 the Liberal Party had obtained a considerable majority, and Prime Minister Kálmán Széll formed a government. He faced the greatest difficulty on 16 October 1902, when the Minister of Defence, Géza Fejérváry tabled a bill in the House of Representatives about the conscription of 20 thousands reervists. Against this proposal of the defence minister, the opposition, led by the Independence Party, launched an endless obstruction under the slogan of "no more soldiers without the introduction of Hungarian as the language service and command".

Prime Minister (1910–1912)

He also served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1910 to 1912, before World War I.

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