Barna Buza

Who was Barna Buza?

Barna Buza was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Agriculture from 1918 to 1919 and as interim Minister of Justice for few days in 1918.

He worked as an editor of the Felsőmagyarországi Hírlap from 1897. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1905 and 1910. Later he functioned as editor of the Budapest and Magyarország newspapers. He went with Mihály Károlyi to the politician's country tour in the United States in 1914.

From 31 October 1918 he served as Minister of Agriculture, he represented Károlyi's land reform ideas. He created the "People's Law", which was about the land distribution. As acting justice minister he took part in the foundation of the Defence League of the Hungarian Territorial Integrity with a promotion.

During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he published anti-communist and revisionist works. From 1921 he practized as a lawyer in the capital city. He wrote many poems and literature works using the pseudonym of Krónikás.