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József Márkus
József Márkus (16 August 1852 – 11 March 1915) was a Hungarian journalist and councillor, who served as Mayor of Budapest, Mayor (1896–1897), then Lord Mayor of Budapest (1897–1906). He was also a Member of parliament, Member of Parliament from 1910 until his death. Early life He was born into a Transdanubian bourgeois family in Szombathely on 16 August 1852, as the third child of József Márkus Sr. (1822–1873), who worked as a miller at the local gristmill, owned by Prince Fülöp Batthyány. His mother was Anna Rozália Horvát (1823–1916), a sister of jurist and politician Boldizsár Horvát, who served as Minister of Justice (Hungary), Minister of Justice between 1867 and 1871, in the cabinet of Count Gyula Andrássy. His parents married on 25 November 1846 in Szombathely. József Márkus had six siblings, including politician István Márkus (1847–1880), poet Miklós Márkus (1849–1882) and actress Emília Márkus (1860–1949). When the mill burned down aft ...
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Lord Mayor Of Budapest
The Lord Mayor of Budapest () was a former political position, existed between 1873 and 1944 (or 1945) in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The Lord Mayor was representative of the Hungarian government as head of the capital's municipal authority, similarly to the Lord-Lieutenants of Counties. Since 1990, the position of Mayor of Budapest The Mayor of Budapest (, ) is the head of the General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, elected directly for 5-year term since 2014 (previously municipal elections were held quadrennially). Until 1994 the mayor was elected by the General Assembly. ... is domestically also known as "Lord Mayor" () to distinguish the office from that of the mayors that lead each of Budapest's 23 districts. Sources * {{Refend External links Budapest korábbi polgármesterei és főpolgármesterei budapest.hu 1873 establishments in Hungary 1945 disestablishments in Hungary ...
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