József Kristóffy (17 September 1857 – 29 March 1928) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

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for a year (1905–1906) in Géza Fejérváry's cabinet.

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appeared as part of this cabinet's program. Kristóffy wanted to make a

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with the Social-Democrat Party, which was the main opposition party in Hungary during the first years of the 20th century ("Kristóffy-Garami Pact"), but failed to do so.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1857 births 1928 deaths People from Makó Ministers of the interior of Hungary Politicians from Austria-Hungary {{Hungary-politician-stub