János Halmos
| János Halmos | |
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| Mayor of Budapest | |
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In office 8 November 1897 – 17 February 1906 |
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| Preceded by | József Márkus |
| Succeeded by | István Bárczy |
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János Haberhauer 4 May 1847 Pest, Hungary |
| Died | 17 April 1907 (aged 59) Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | lawyer, politician |
János Halmos (born János Haberhauer; 4 May 1847 – 17 April 1907) was a Hungarian lawyer and councillor, who served as Mayor of Budapest between 1897 and 1906.
Halmos was born János Haberhauer on 4 May 1847 into an urban family of German origin in Terézváros, Pest, as the son of wealthy butcher Hubert Haberhauer and Magdolna Schultz. He finished his elementary and secondary studies (Piarist Secondary School) in his birthplace, then studied law at the University of Pest (today Eötvös Loránd University, ELTE). Having passed the bar examination, János Haberhauer qualified to a lawyer and opened his practice in the capital. However soon he joined the city administration, when he was elected notary of Terézváros on 20 November 1873, shortly after the unification of Budapest. He gained 289 of the total of 299 votes during the election process.
In 1882, he was appointed councillor. In that capacity, he chaired the Tax Department. He supported the adoption of a frugal budget in these years, and successfully prevented the nationalization of Budapest's tax management. He also reached that the payment of the Austro-Hungarian Bank' municipal tax occurred into the municipal fund, instead of the fund of the influential Public Works Council. Haberhauer later served as head of the Military Department, then Public Health Department. In the latter position, he played a significant role in the establishment of the Saint Ladislaus Hospital in 1894, which specialized in the treatment of epidemic cases. As head of department, he invented a comprehensive general regulation system for hospitals in Budapest. He signed a contract with entrepreneur Lajos Cséry, who organized regular waste removal throughout the city into the so-called "Cséry estate", a 60 hectares of landfill in Pestszentlőrinc.
As head of the Finance Department, Haberhauer participated in the organization of the 1896 millennium celebrations, which commemorated the anniversary of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin. As a result, he was granted Knight Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph by the eponymous monarch on 10 October 1896. After the election of József Márkus as Mayor, Haberhauer was promoted to Second Deputy Mayor on 9 December 1896, obtaining 217 of the 278 votes. Lord Mayor Károly Ráth praised Haberhauer's "excellent administrative skills and other excellent qualities", when took the office.
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