Gusztáv Vizsolyi (1822 – 9 February 1889) was a Hungarian jurist and politician from

Tolna County Tolna (, ; ) is an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus or vármegye) in present-day Hungary as it was in the former Kingdom of Hungary. It lies in central Hungary, on the west bank of the river Danube. It shares borde ...

. He was leader of the Liberal Party, which controlled Hungary between 1875 and 1905.

Political career

He was born in Dunaszentgyörgy. He studied law in Pozsony (today: ''Bratislava, Slovakia'') and became a lawyer in Pest. After that he served as an official in Tolna County. He was appointed deputy notary. Since 1861, he served as Chief Notary of the county and later was elected Deputy Lieutenant (Viscount; ''vicecomes'') in 1865. He became Member of Parliament for Kölesd in 1872. He was a member of the Deák Party which united with the Centre Left. Thus Vizsolyi became a member of the Liberal Party after 1875, which was the governing party of the Hungarian part of the

Austro-Hungarian Empire Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

until 1905. He was a member of the Parliamentary Committee of Administration since 1874. After the death of

István Gorove István Gorove de Gáttája (20 August 1819 in Pest – 31 May 1881 in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Uni ...

, Vizsolyi was appointed leader of the Liberal Party. He held the position until his death. Vizsolyi died of cancer in 1889. He was buried on 13 February 1889.

References

Képviselőház Almanach 1886
Hungarian politicians 1822 births 1889 deaths Politicians from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-politician-stub