(and a stronger governing party) in the lower house, while István Tisza, the real leader of the party, became Speaker of the House. Later life In 1913 he was appointed chairman of the Party of National Work. He became an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1915. He served as leader of the Hungarian delegation to the common legislation from 1917. He also president of the Hungarian Mortgage Credit Bank (Magyar Jelzálog Hitelbank). He died on 16 February 1918 in Budapest at the age of 68. Honours Civil appointments Privy Councillor, 1883 Orders and decorations References Sources Hungary: Governments and Politics 1848–2000 (ed. Mária ORMOS – Béla K. KIRÁLY). Columbia University Press, New York, 2001. p. 132. 1849 births 1918 deaths People from Jeseník People from Austrian Silesia Prime Ministers of Hungary Hungarian Interior Ministers Foreign ministers of Hungary Ministers of Croatian Affairs of Hungary Karoly Bohemian nobility Hungarian nobility Hungarian people of German descent Bans of Croatia 19th-century Hungarian people Knights of the Golden Fleece of Austria Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Crosses of the Order of the Star of Romania