Béla Perczel
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Dr. Béla Perczel de Bonyhád (15 June 1819 - 25 March 1888) was a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1875 and 1878. His son was the Interior Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives Dezső Perczel
Dezső Perczel
Dr. Dezső Perczel de Bonyhád was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1895 and 1899 in Dezső Bánffy's cabinet. His father was Béla Perczel, a former Minister of Justice of Hungary. During his reigning Dezső Perczel supported the institution of civil marriage. He also...

. He was the leader of the Deák Party between 1869 and 1872. He was elected to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1874.

Béla Wenckheim
Béla Wenckheim
Baron Béla Wenckheim was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for several months in 1875.- References :...

 appointed him Minister of Justice in 1875. Perczel hold his position in the Kálmán Tisza
Kálmán Tisza
Kálmán Tisza de Borosjenő was the Hungarian prime minister between 1875 and 1890. He is credited for the formation of a consolidated Magyar government, the foundation of the new Liberal Party and major economic reforms that would both save and eventually lead to a government with popular...

cabinet. The first modern Hungarian penal code (Csemegi Codex) is connected to his name. He resigned in 1878. Later he became chairman of the Court. He was a member of the House of Magnates from 1886 until his death.
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