György Apponyi Politician

Count György Apponyi de Nagyappony (December 29, 1808 – February 28, 1899) was a Hungarian conservative politician, who served as Lord Chancellor of Hungary from 1846 to 1848. He was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1858.He was appointed Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1861 when Emperor Francis Joseph I convened Hungarian Diet of 1861. As leader of the "old conservative" group he participated in development of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise after 1862.

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György Apponyi
Birth dateDecember 29, 1808
Birth place
Slovakia , Bratislava , Kingdom of Hungary
Date of deathFebruary 28, 1899
Place of death
Austria-Hungary , Slovakia , Malinovo

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