About Béla Orczy
Lived 1822 – 1917 (aged 95). Béla Orczy was a Hungarian politician, diplomat and art collector.
Baron Béla Orczy de Orczi (16 January 1822 – 7 February 1917 ) was a Hungarian politician and freedom fighter, who served as Interior Minister between 1887 and 1889. He was also Minister of Home Defence for several months in 1884. He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he fought against the rebelling Serbs in the area of Délvidék. He was the de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1879 and 1890. His paternal grandfather was the poet Lőrinc Orczy.
Gyula Andrássy secured Belá Orczy's appointment to the foreign ministry, as part of his effort to increase Hungarian influence in Austro-Hungarian foreign policy.
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Who was Béla Orczy?
Hungarian politician (1822–1917)
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Béla Orczy was born on 16 January 1822 in Pest.
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Béla Orczy died on 7 February 1917 in Vienna.
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Béla Orczy was a politician, diplomat and art collector.
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Béla Orczy was Hungarian.
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