Vilmos Vázsonyi

Vilmos Vázsonyi
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Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office 15 June 1917 – 18 August 1917
Preceded by	Jenő Balogh
Succeeded by	Károly Grecsák
In office 25 January 1918 – 8 May 1918
Preceded by	Károly Grecsák
Succeeded by	Gusztáv Tőry
Personal details
Born	(1868-03-22)March 22, 1868 13px Sümeg, Austria-Hungary
Died	Baden bei Wien, First Austrian Republic
Political party	National Democratic Civil Party
Profession	politician, lawyer

The native form of this personal name is Vázsonyi Vilmos. This article uses the Western name order.

Vilmos Vázsonyi (born as Vilmos Weiszfeld; 1868–1926) was a Hungarian publicist and politician.

Vázsonyi was born at Sümeg. He was educated at Budapest, where his remarkable eloquence made him the leader of all student movements during his university career. After he had completed his studies the most vital social questions found in him an earnest investigator. He aroused a national sentiment against dueling, his success being proved by the numerous anti-dueling clubs in Hungary. Later he began a social and journalistic agitation in behalf of the official recognition of the Jewish religion, and kept the matter before the public until the law granting recognition was sanctioned in 1895.

In 1894 Vázsonyi founded the first democratic club in Budapest, and became a common councilor. In 1900 he established the political weekly "Új Század" ("The New Century") for the dissemination of democratic ideas throughout the country; and at the same time he organized democratic clubs in all the large Hungarian cities. In 1901 Vázsonyi was elected deputy for the sixth district of the capital, on a democratic platform, of which he was the only public representative in the Hungarian Parliament as of 1906. At the election of January 26, 1905, he defeated Hieronymi, minister of commerce, as a candidate for the deputy-ship from his district.

Vasvonyi died June 1, 1926, from injuries suffered in an assault by Franz Molnar and the notorious anti-Semite Laszlo Vannay, described as "Ford's protege".

Writings

Besides numbers of articles in the daily press, Vázsonyi wrote the following works:

• "Önkormányzat" (1890), on autonomy
• "A Választási elv a Külföldi Közigazgatásban" (1891), on the principle of election in foreign governments
• "A Szavazás Deczentralizácziója" (1892), on decentralization in voting
• "A Királyi Placetum a Magyar Alkotmányban" (1893), on the royal veto in the Hungarian constitution

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Jenő Balogh	Minister of Justice 1917	Succeeded by Károly Grecsák
Preceded by Károly Grecsák	Minister of Justice 1918	Succeeded by Gusztáv Tőry