Count István Bittó de Sárosfa et Nádasd (3 May 1822 in Sárosfa,

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(today Blatná na Ostrove,

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) – 7 March 1903 in

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) was a Hungarian politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 10 September 1872 to 23 March 1874 and as

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from 1874 to 1875.

Career

Bittó studied law and entered into a legal civil service. During the Revolution of 1848–49, he was a revolutionary and a member of the

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. He emigrated after the defeat of Hungary in 1849 out of the country, but returned in 1851. From 1861 Bittó was a parliamentarian in the newly convened parliament to the Liberal Party of Ferenc Deák. After the compromise with Austria Bittó was the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1869 and 1872. He served as justice minister in the government of

Menyhért Lónyay Menyhért Count Lónyay de Nagylónya et Vásárosnamény (6 January 1822, in Nagylónya – 3 November 1884, in Budapest) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1871 to 1872. He was born to an aristocratic Pr ...

from 1871 to 1872. On 1 March 1874 he was appointed by King Ferenc József prime minister. The office he held only until 2 March 1875 when he was replaced by

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. In the era of

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(1875–1890) he was one of the few former liberal oppositionists (he was the only Prime Minister who later joined to the opposition). From 1899 until his death, Bittó was a member of the

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