Baron Gábor Andreánszky de Liptószentandrás (23 June 1848 – 19 May 1908) was a Hungarian

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and Member of Parliament. He was the father of botanist Gábor Andreánszky (1895-1967). He was born in

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, where his father Baron Sándor Andreánszky served in the Council of Hungarian Court Chamber. He finished his studies in

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and

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. He was involved in politics when he was still young; at the age of 17 he was a member of the

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and exerted an active role during 1865 elections. The two Andreánszky brothers, István and Gábor received the title of Baron in Hungary on 5 October 1875 by Emperor-King Francis Joseph. Earlier the family already held the title of Baron in

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. in this same year he was appointed to a member of the House of Magnates but he gave a speech at first in 1883, during

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when he protested against the enabling of

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marriages. He joined to the

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movement of

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which transformed into the National Anti-Semitic Party. He was elected to a member of the House of Representatives in 1884 elections in the colours of his party. He became co-chairman of the group along with Géza Ónody. Ónody represented the Independence faction (which rejected the

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), while Andreánszky was the advocate of the pro-Ausgleich members. Despite this the party divided soon and virtually eliminated in 1892. During 1887 elections he unsuccessfully launched from Moderate Opposition list but soon in a

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he was elected to MP as a representative of

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. He could repeated his success in 1892 (the party renamed itself to National Party).

References

*''Magyar életrajzi lexikon I. (A–K).'' ed. Kenyeres, Ágnes. Budapest.

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. 1967. p. 35. *''Magyar nagylexikon II. (And–Bag).'' ed. Élesztős, László, Rostás, Sándor. Budapest.

. 1994. p. 28. {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreanszky, Gabor 1848 births 1908 deaths Politicians from Vienna Deák Party politicians National Antisemitic Party politicians Members of the House of Representatives of Hungary (1884–1887) Members of the House of Representatives of Hungary (1887–1892) Members of the House of Representatives of Hungary (1892–1896)