Lajos Tisza

Count Lajos Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King between 1892 and 1894. He was the younger brother of Kálmán Tisza and uncle of István Tisza. Tisza took part in the Hungarian politics from 1861, he was a supporter of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. After the great flood at Szeged in 1879 he was the responsible for the reconstruction of the town. Szeged regards him as a hero since then because Lajos Tisza conducted the performance of the complicated task of the town's reconstruction with distinguished cooperation and a good organizational skill. Lajos Tisza received the title of Count from Emperor Franz Joseph for his works in the reconstruction of Szeged in 1883. However, the childless Lajos Tisza conferred his title on his politician nephew Stephen Tisza with the consent of the Monarch on 16 February 1897.