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Count Gyula Szapáry

Count
Gyula Szapáry
de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget
Szapáry Gyula Koller.jpg
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office
13 March 1890 – 17 November 1892
Monarch Francis Joseph I
Preceded by Kálmán Tisza
Succeeded by Sándor Wekerle
Personal details
Born (1832-11-01)1 November 1832
Pest, Hungary
Died 20 January 1905(1905-01-20) (aged 72)
Abbázia, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Political party Address Party (1861-1865)
Liberal Party (1875-1892)
Spouse(s) Karolina Festetics de Tolna
Children György Ágost József
Lőrinc Ágoston Gyula
József Károly Gyula
Ferenc
Amália Ilma Anna Karolina
Sarolta
Emerika Mária Rozália

Count Gyula Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (1 November 1832 – 20 January 1905) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1890 to 1892.

Born into a prominent Hungarian noble family and large estate owners. His parents were Count József Szapáry, a royal counselor and Baroness Anna Orczy de Orczi. He was a cousin of Count Frigyes Szapáry, who served as ambassador at St. Petersburg at the outbreak of World War I.

Szapáry married Countess Karolina Festetics de Tolna (1838–1919). They had seven children (including Lőrinc Szapáry). His great-grandchild is György Szapáry economist, former deputy governor of the Hungarian National Bank and current ambassador to the United States since 2011.

He studied law, entered the government service and became Viscount (vicecomes) of Heves County. He spent nine legislative sessions for the Liberal Party as a representative in the Diet of Hungary. He was elected Count (comes) of Heves in 1867. In 1870 he became Secretary to the Transport Ministry, Interior Minister in 1873, finance minister from 1878 to 1887 in the cabinet of Kálmán Tisza, then also Minister for Transport and Minister of Agriculture from 1889.

During his tenure as prime minister of Hungary from 13 March 1890 to 17 November 1892 were laws to promote the industrial, social reform and currency reform, switching silver-based Forint to the gold-based Korona, to be carried out by Finance Minister Sándor Wekerle.


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