Béla Vörösmarty

Béla Vörösmarty

Béla Vörösmarty in 1899 (Vasárnapi Újság)
Father Mihály Vörösmarty
Mother Laura Csajághy
Born (1844-04-23)April 23, 1844
Pest, Hungary
Died October 9, 1904(1904-10-09) (aged 60)
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
The native form of this personal name is Vörösmarty Béla. This article uses the Western name order.

Béla Vörösmarty (23 April 1844 – 9 October 1904) was a Hungarian jurist and politician, son of poet Mihály Vörösmarty and Laura Csajághy and brother of Ilona Vörösmarty.

Biography

After his father's death in 1855, he raised in the home of Ferenc Deák. He finished his secondary and legal studies in Budapest. After that he worked as a judge for the Royal Court of Budapest since 1868. He became a member of the Curia Regia in 1887. He was appointed President of the Royal Court of Győr in 1895, replacing Sándor Erdély who became Minister of Justice.

Vörösmarty was elected Secretary of State for Justice under Minister Erdély in that year. He served as Member of Parliament for Nyitrazsámbokrét (today: Žabokreky nad Nitrou, Slovakia) between 1899 and 1901. He was appointed Vice President of the Curia Regia in 1901, replacing Bódog Czorda.

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