Gitsi, Kalman

Kalman Gitsi (February 12, 1808 - February 28, 1888) is an Austro-Hungarian conservative politician and lawyer who served as Minister of Finance of the Government of Hungary. In 1867, he played a key role in achieving a political compromise between the Austrians and Hungarians and the transformation of the Austrian Empire into Austria-Hungary. As Minister of Finance, he played a key role in overcoming the budget crisis in Hungary in the mid-1870s.

Kalman Gizi
Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Hungary March 21, 1874 - March 2, 1875
Head of the government	Istvan Bitto
Monarch	Ferenc Jozsef I
Predecessor	Karoy Kerkara
Successor	Kalman Sell
President of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Hungary April 17 - August 22, 1861
Monarch	Ferenc Jozsef I
Predecessor	position reinstated; Laszlo Palosi (until 1849)
Successor	position abolished; Caro Centivigny (since 1865)
President of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Hungary March 5, 1875 - April 2, 1879
Monarch	Ferenc Jozsef I
Predecessor	Bela Perzel
Successor	Jozsef Glory
Birth
Death
The consignment

He received his law degree, in 1843 he was elected to the Hungarian Sejm from Komarom , in 1844 he became deputy zhupan. In 1847 he became an assistant to a notary, then a notary. During the Revolution of 1848-1849, he was first an assistant to the minister, and after the resignation of Ferenc Deak , for several months he was the Minister of Justice in the anti-Habsburg government of Battiani , continuing to represent his committee in the Sejm. After the defeat of the revolution, he temporarily moved away from politics and retired to his estate.

In 1861, under the influence of events, he returned to politics and was elected to the Hungarian Sejm, becoming the leader of the center-left in it. In 1865 he was elected president of the Sejm, showing, according to the ESBE , "a lot of tact and impartiality," often acting as an intermediary between Kalman Tisa and the party leader Felirati Deak. During the negotiations on the so-called “agreement”, he advocated a simple personal union of Hungary with Austria. When in 1873 the party hostile to the agreement broke up, formed a new “middle (centrist) liberal party”, breaking with the center-left Tisza. In the short-term ministry, Bitto held the post of Minister of Finance from March 21, 1874 and March 2, 1875, without asking his party for his occupation. As Minister of Finance, he was notoriously unpopular for raising taxes and fiscal austerity in the fight against the crisis that came after a short period of economic prosperity. In February 1875, his former ally Tisza launched a campaign against Gizi's budget (which had a deficit of 13 million forints, which were supposed to be covered by an increase in the tax burden), as a result of which he was forced to resign. Then until 1879 he was again president of the lower house. In 1885 he was elected to the upper house.