Ignác Darányi
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Ignác Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy et Tetétlen (15 January 1849 – 27 April 1927) was a Hungarian
politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture twice: between 1895–1903 and 1906–1910. He was a supporter of Gyula Andrássy the Younger
.
After obtaining of the leaving certificate he started a work of two-year trainee for György Lövény's lawyer office. He took the lawyer exam in 1873 and became a public lawyer in 1874. He opened an own office together with his father in the Inner City
. Sr. Darányi died in 1877, so he continued the work alone until 1892. He travelled around Central Europe on ummer 1874 on the way of Vienna
-München-Zürich
-Bern-Vienna.
He became secretary of the Egyesült Fővárosi Takarékpénztár in 1875 and a member of the Committee of Budapest Municipality in 1876. On 3 June 1877 the Darányi family got a noble title. After his father's death he was elected to a directorial member of the National Hungarian Economical Society (OMGE). He helped in the salvage of Szeged
floods in 1878.
Darányi worked as a performer for the Parliamentarian Committee of Transport and Finance from 1882. He was a member of the Council of Budapest Public Works since 1887. He abandoned the lawyer practice in 1892 and bought land in the Kiskunság: he farmed on his possessions of Dunaújfalu
, Tök
, Tass
and Anyácsa.
He was a member of the Liberal Party and representative of his party in the Diet of Hungary
from 1881 to 1905. He served as deputy chairman of the Liberal Party since 1893 and as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives in 1895. He left the party in 1905 and he was a founding member of the Constitution Party. From 1905 he was an oppositional MEP until 1910 and from this was an independent representative until his death.
Dezső Bánffy
appointed him Minister of Agriculture in 1895 and he also hold the position in the Kálmán Széll
and the first Károly Khuen-Héderváry
cabinets. He became agriculture minister again in 1906. He took the office untl the resignation of the Sándor Wekerle
administration.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
politician, who served as Minister of Agriculture twice: between 1895–1903 and 1906–1910. He was a supporter of Gyula Andrássy the Younger
Gyula Andrássy the Younger
Count Gyula Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka the Younger was a Hungarian politician.The second son of Count Gyula Andrássy, the younger Andrássy became under-secretary in the Sándor Wekerle ministry in 1892; in 1893, he became Minister of Education, and, in June 1894, he was appointed...
.
Biography
He was born into a Hungarian Calvinist noble family in Pest. His parents were Ignác Darányi, a lawyer and Borbála Földváry. He finished his secondary studies at the Buda Royal Grammar School. He graduated on 31 July 1867. He studied law since the next year and finished in 1871.After obtaining of the leaving certificate he started a work of two-year trainee for György Lövény's lawyer office. He took the lawyer exam in 1873 and became a public lawyer in 1874. He opened an own office together with his father in the Inner City
Inner City (Budapest)
Inner City is part of the historic old town of Pest. Today it is a part of the 5th District of Budapest, Hungary. Budapest's main shopping street, Váci utca , is located there, as is a large part of the city's commercial life, banks and travel agencies...
. Sr. Darányi died in 1877, so he continued the work alone until 1892. He travelled around Central Europe on ummer 1874 on the way of Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
-München-Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
-Bern-Vienna.
He became secretary of the Egyesült Fővárosi Takarékpénztár in 1875 and a member of the Committee of Budapest Municipality in 1876. On 3 June 1877 the Darányi family got a noble title. After his father's death he was elected to a directorial member of the National Hungarian Economical Society (OMGE). He helped in the salvage of Szeged
Szeged
' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....
floods in 1878.
Darányi worked as a performer for the Parliamentarian Committee of Transport and Finance from 1882. He was a member of the Council of Budapest Public Works since 1887. He abandoned the lawyer practice in 1892 and bought land in the Kiskunság: he farmed on his possessions of Dunaújfalu
Nová Dedinka
Nová Dedinka is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 130 metres and covers an area of 10.242km². It has a population of 1751 people....
, Tök
Tök
-References:...
, Tass
Tass, Hungary
Tass is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 2997 people .- External links :...
and Anyácsa.
He was a member of the Liberal Party and representative of his party in the Diet of Hungary
Diet of Hungary
The Diet of Hungary was a legislative institution in the medieval kingdom of Hungary from the 15th century, and in its successor states, Royal Hungary and the Habsburg kingdom of Hungary throughout the Early Modern period...
from 1881 to 1905. He served as deputy chairman of the Liberal Party since 1893 and as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives in 1895. He left the party in 1905 and he was a founding member of the Constitution Party. From 1905 he was an oppositional MEP until 1910 and from this was an independent representative until his death.
Dezső Bánffy
Dezso Bánffy
Dezső Baron Bánffy de Losoncz was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1895 to 1899.-Biography:...
appointed him Minister of Agriculture in 1895 and he also hold the position in the Kálmán Széll
Kálmán Széll
Kálmán Széll de Duka et Szentgyörgyvölgy was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1899 to 1903.-Political career:...
and the first Károly Khuen-Héderváry
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
Dragutin Károly Khuen-Héderváry, also known as Károly Count Khuen-Héderváry de Hédervár , 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...
cabinets. He became agriculture minister again in 1906. He took the office untl the resignation of the Sándor Wekerle
Sándor Wekerle
Sándor Wekerle was a Hungarian politician who served three times as prime minister.He was born in Mór, in the comitatus of Fejér. His mother was Antónia Szép.After studying law at the University of Budapest he graduated doctor juris...
administration.