# Minister of Croatian Affairs of Hungary

The minister of Croatian affairs of Hungary (Hungarian: horvát-szlavón-dalmát tárca nélküli miniszter; Croatian: hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinski ministar bez lisnice) was a member of the Hungarian cabinet in Austria-Hungary. The position was created following the Croatian–Hungarian Agreement in 1868. The minister was appointed by the emperor-king. The officeholder kept a connection between Croatia-Slavonia-Dalmatia and the Hungarian Kingdom (and also the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary). This position was without portfolio.

## History of the position

In accordance with the Article 44 of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement the position of minister without portfolio emerged, representing the interests of Croatia-Slavonia and Dalmatia in the Hungarian cabinet, who became responsible to the National Assembly in Pest (later Budapest), which also functioned as a joint legislature after 1868 (however the separately administered Dalmatia sent delegates to the Imperial Council, not the Hungarian parliament). In December 1868, Koloman Bedeković was appointed the first Minister of Croatian Affairs. On 31 January 1869, Emperor-King Franz Joseph I ordered the abolition of the Croatian Court Chancellery in Vienna which was officially replaced by the Royal Ministry of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia (after 1873 Ministry of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia) in the Hungarian capital and the autonomous Royal Land Government in Zagreb. By May 1869 the ministry moved to Buda and seated at 16 Dísz Square.

## Ministers of Croatian affairs of Hungary (1868–1919)
### Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (1868–1918)

Parties  Croatian Unionist Party  Croatian National Party  Liberal Party/National Party of Work  National Constitution Party  Catholic People's Party  MSZDP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 1st term | 8 December 1868 | 10 February 1871 | Unionist Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 1 | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 1st term | 8 December 1868 | 10 February 1871 | Unionist Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 10 February 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Independent | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Independent | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 14 November 1871 | 4 December 1872 | Independent | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Independent | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 2 | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Independent | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| (2) | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| (2) | Petar Pejačević (1804–1887) | 20 October 1875 | 25 February 1876 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| (1) | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 (died in office) | Unionist Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| (1) | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 (died in office) | Unionist Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| (1) | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 (died in office) | Unionist Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| (1) | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 (died in office) | Unionist Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| (1) | Koloman Bedeković (1818–1889) 2nd term | 25 February 1876 | 10 August 1889 (died in office) | Unionist Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 3 | Emerik Josipović (1834–1910) | 23 August 1889 | 15 March 1890 | Unionist Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 3 | Emerik Josipović (1834–1910) | 15 March 1890 | 19 November 1892 | Unionist Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 3 | Emerik Josipović (1834–1910) | 15 March 1890 | 19 November 1892 | Unionist Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 3 | Emerik Josipović (1834–1910) | 19 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Unionist Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 3 | Emerik Josipović (1834–1910) | 15 January 1895 | 10 December 1898 | Unionist Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 3 | Emerik Josipović (1834–1910) | 15 January 1895 | 10 December 1898 | Unionist Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 4 | Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 1st term | 10 December 1898 | 26 February 1899 | Independent | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 4 | Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Independent | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 4 | Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 1st term | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Independent | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 5 | Nikola Tomašić (1864–1918) | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Croatian National Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| (4) | Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 2nd term | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Independent | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| (4) | Ervin Cseh (1838–1918) 2nd term | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Independent | I. Tisza I SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 6 | Stjepan Kovačević (1841–1913) | 18 June 1905 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| — | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting | 8 April 1906 | 23 April 1906 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 14 (1905) |
| — | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) acting | 8 April 1906 | 23 April 1906 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| 7 | Gejza Josipović (1857–1934) 1st term | 23 April 1906 | 17 January 1910 | Unionist Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| — | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) acting | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) |
| — | Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849–1918) acting | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| (7) | Gejza Josipović (1857–1934) 2nd term | 22 April 1912 | 10 June 1913 | Unionist Party | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| — | István Tisza (1861–1918) acting | 10 June 1913 | 21 July 1913 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 8 | Teodor Pejačević (1855–1928) interned in France on 22 August 1914 | 21 July 1913 | 16 January 1916 | Independent | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| — | István Tisza (1861–1918) acting for Teodor Pejačević | 22 August 1914 | 16 January 1916 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 9 | Imre Hideghéthy (1860–1920) | 16 January 1916 | 15 June 1917 | Croatian National Party | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 10 | Aladár Zichy (1864–1937) | 15 June 1917 | 18 August 1917 | Catholic People's Party | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 11 | Károly Unkelhäusser (1866–1938) | 18 August 1917 | 23 August 1917 | Independent | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 11 | Károly Unkelhäusser (1866–1938) | 23 August 1917 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 12 | Zsigmond Kunfi (1879–1929) | 6 November 1918 | 16 November 1918 | MSZDP | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Zsigmond Kunfi (1879–1929) | 16 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | MSZDP | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

## After World War I

After the First World War the ministry was dissolved because Croatia-Slavonia became part of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and subsequently the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. However, the position de jure existed until the proclamation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in March 1919.
Zsigmond Kunfi, as the last de facto minister of Croatian Affairs, was entrusted with the ministry's liquidation between 6 November 1918 and 19 January 1919.