Baron Béla Bánhidy de Simánd (17 February 1836 – 18 June 1890) was a
Hungarian politician
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and Member of Parliament.
He was elected as a member of the
Diet of Hungary
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in 1875 as an MP for
Kisjenő (today: ''Chişineu-Criş, Romania''). After the Occupation of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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(1878) he withdrew from the Liberal Party and formed the Independent Liberal Party, which soon merged into the Right-wing Opposition. He became first chairman of the newly formed Moderate Opposition, which later was renamed to National Party in 1891.
Bánhidy lost his mandate in the 1878 elections. He conducted journalistic activities for newspapers in
Budapest
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. Later he moved to
Arad (today in Romania).
References
* Szinnyei, József: ''Magyar írók élete és munkái I. (Aachs–Bzenszki).'' Budapest: Hornyánszky. 1891.
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1836 births
1890 deaths
People from Makó
Members of the House of Representatives of Hungary (1875–1878)
Journalists from Austria-Hungary
Politicians from Austria-Hungary
19th-century Hungarian male writers