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Birth
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Birth
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He enters the Calvinist Gymnasium of Debrecen
a college-preparatory school -
He enters the Calvinist Gymnasium of Debrecen
a college-preparatory school -
Marriage with Tisza Ilona
She was his cousin. They had 2 children, István and Julsika.
István died 5 days after his dad death, Juliska died troughout her childhood. -
He won his first parliamentary electoral mandate
As the part of the liberal party in Vizakna .
He represented the district until 1892. -
Became the president of the Hungarian Industrial and Commercial Bank
He was also a member of the boards of numerous joint-stock companies and industrial enterprises. -
He won his second seat as representative of Újbánya district
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Defeat of the liberal party
The political powers polarised and in new elections the 30 years of governing by the Liberal Party was ended, with the side effect that the party was dissolved. -
He won the seat of Ugra district
he became also a member of the economic committee of Hungarian parliament, where he plunged himself into the macroeconomic discussions. -
Received the title of Count
His uncle Tisza Lajos receives the title of Count from Emperor Franz Joseph and he conferred his new title on István Tisza. -
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Prime Minister for the first time
He resigned from all of his memberships before he was appointed as Prime minister. -
Fun Fact
During the Tisza era, only 54,5% of the population of kingdom of Hungary considered themselves as Hungarians. The liberal party was the most popular political force. -
Nationwide strike of the railroad workers
nationwide strike of railroad workers broke out, which paralyzed the Hungarian economy. He solved this problem quickly. The organizers of the strike were arrested, and participant railway workers were recruited into the Hungarian Honvéd army. -
He passed a modification to the rules of the House of Parliament
He did it to to crush the obstruction of the opposition. -
Established the national party of work
Nemzeti Munkapárt in hungarian, which won theelection of 1910. -
First Assisination attempt
It happend in the Hungarian parliament by Gyula Kovács, an opposition politician. He shot two bullets, but missed Tisza. Kovács was arrested by the police. -
Tried to solve the Hungarian-Croatian issue
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Period: to
Prime Minister for the second time
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The Great War
Tisza supported a strong stand against Serbia. He was afraid of Romania, because they had enough soldiers to revolt againts Hungary, so he send 40,000 soldiers to protect Transylvania. -
The end of The Great War
Towards the end of the war, Tisza had wanted to convince the Serbs and Bosnians to achieve autonomy within Austria-Hungary. -
Death
soldiers broke into his home, the Róheim Villa in Budapest and killed him in front of his wife and his grandniece.
