Károly Hieronymi (1 October 1836 – 4 May 1911) was a
Hungarian engineer
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and
politician
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, who served as
Interior Minister
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between 1892 and 1895. He was a supporter of former Prime Minister
Kálmán Tisza
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. As Minister of Trade he modernized the train services, for the
Hungarian State Railways
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he
nationalized
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the
Budapest
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Pécs
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, the
Duna-
and the
Zagreb
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Karlovac
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railway lines. He insured the independence of the railway goods turnover aiming at the seaports and its tranquillity.
Memories
In Budapest there is a street named after him. His grave is in the
Kerepesi Cemetery
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.
References
*T. Boros László, ''Magyar politikai lexikon 1914–1929,'' Budapest, Európa ny., 1929.
*''Budapest enciklopédia,'' Budapest, Corvina, 1982³.
*Hieronymi Károly, in: ''Magyar nagylexikon,'' IX. köt., Budapest, Magyar Nagylexikon, 1999, 467.
1836 births
1911 deaths
People from Buda
Hungarian Interior Ministers
Hungarian engineers
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