Károly Hieronymi

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.

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

The native form of this personal name is Hieronymi Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

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.

Political offices
Preceded by Gyula Szapáry	Minister of the Interior 1892–1895	Succeeded by Dezső Perczel