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Baron Miklós Vay de Vaja et Laskod (29 April 1802 – 13 May 1894) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the House of Magnates between 1888 and 1894, his death.


Biography

Vay was born in Alsózsolca on 29 April 1802. His father was Hussar General Miklós I Vay. After finishing law studies he managed his family estates. He participated in the policy of
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starting in 1825; deputy recorder, then deputy lieutenant (Viscount; ''vicecomes''), emissary in the
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. During the
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in 1831 he was appointed government commissioner. He became governor of the Lord Lieutenant of
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in 1831. He served as Lord Lieutenant (Count; ''comes'') of the county from 1865 to 1867. He functioned as administrator of the Calvinist Diocese of
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from 1840. He was appointed crown guard in 1844. He was a member of the Hungarian Royal Council of Governor (''Helytartótanács'') in 1845. He was appointed Royal Commissioner to
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by the Cabinet of
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in June 1848. The
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realised that he could not compromise with the Emperor, so on 2 October he resigned again and nominated Vay as his successor. However, Vay declined the position. At the end of the year he retired from the politics. Despite this he was arrested and sentenced to death after defeat of the
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. The punishment was changed to 4 years imprisonment by
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. He released after 8 months. He returned to the politics after a decade of silence when he participated in the movements of the
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against the religious edict. He was appointed Court Chancellor in 1860 but resigned after a year when the King dissolved the Diet of 1861. After the
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he served as a Crown Guard again. He was appointed Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1888, when his predecessor
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died in office. Vay became Priviy Councillor and Chairman of the Calvinist Convention in Hungary. Miklós Vay died in
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on 13 May 1894, at the age of 92.


References

* Jónás, Károly - Villám, Judit: ''A Magyar Országgyűlés elnökei 1848-2002''. Argumentum, Budapest, 2002. pp. 213–216 1802 births 1894 deaths Speakers of the House of Magnates Lord-lieutenants of a county in Hungarian Kingdom
Miklós Miklós () is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to: In Hungarian politics * Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist * Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hun ...
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