Dezső Perczel

Who was 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 made a law about the parish registers. He took several measures concerning about the labour movement's and the nationality movements' breaking off. Later he fought against the Opposition's tactics of filibuster. He was a president of new-created Party of National Work.