Barna Buza (1 January 1873 – 2 May 1944) was a
Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as
Minister of Agriculture from 1918 to 1919 and as interim
Minister of Justice for a few days in 1918.
He worked as an editor of the ''Felsőmagyarországi Hírlap'' from 1897. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1905 and 1910. Later he functioned as editor of the ''Budapest'' (from 1906) and ''Magyarország'' (from 1908) newspapers. He went with
Mihály Károlyi
Count Mihály Ádám György Miklós Károlyi de Nagykároly ( hu, gróf nagykárolyi Károlyi Mihály Ádám György Miklós; archaically English: Michael Adam George Nicholas Károlyi, or in short simple form: Michael Károlyi; 4 March 1875 ...
to the politician's country tour in the United States in 1914.
From 31 October 1918 he served as Minister of Agriculture, he represented Károlyi's
land reform
Land reform is a form of agrarian reform involving the changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed property redistribution, generally of agricultural ...
ideas. He created the "People's Law" (1919: 36. tc.), which was about the
land distribution. As acting justice minister he took part in the foundation of the Defence League of the Hungarian Territorial Integrity with a promotion.
During the
Hungarian Soviet Republic he published
anti-communist
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and
revisionist works. From 1921 he practiced as a lawyer in the capital city. He wrote many poems and literature works using the pseudonym of ''Krónikás'' (Chronicler).
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1873 births
1944 deaths
People from Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
People from the Kingdom of Hungary
Justice ministers of Hungary
Agriculture ministers of Hungary
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