Károly Hieronymi

Károly Hieronymi
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office 17 November 1892 – 15 January 1895
Preceded by	Gyula Szapáry
Succeeded by	Dezső Perczel
Personal details
Born	(1836-10-01)1 October 1836 Buda, Hungary
Died	4 May 1911(1911-05-04) (aged 74) Budapest, Hungary
Political party	Liberal Party, Party of National Work
Profession	engineer, politician

Károly Hieronymi (1 October 1836 – 4 May 1911) was a Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1892 and 1895. He was a supporter of former Prime Minister Kálmán Tisza. As Minister of Trade he modernized the train services, for the Hungarian State Railways he nationalized the Budapest-Pécs, the Duna-Dráva and the Zagreb-Karlovac railway lines. He insured the independence of the railway goods turnover aiming at the seaports and its tranquillity.

Memories

In Budapest there is a street named after him. His grave is in the Kerepesi Cemetery.

References

• T. Boros László, Magyar politikai lexikon 1914–1929, Budapest, Európa ny., 1929.
• Budapest enciklopédia, Budapest, Corvina, 1982³.
• Hieronymi Károly, in: Magyar nagylexikon, IX. köt., Budapest, Magyar Nagylexikon, 1999, 467.

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