page_title: Lajos Kossuth
section_title: Work in the Government
hierarchical_section_title: Lajos Kossuth / Work in the Government
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Az első népképviseleti országgyűlés megnyitása 1848. július 5-én a Pesti Vigadóban. Az emelvényen István főherceg a trónbeszédet olvassa, körülötte a kormány tagjai.English: Opening ceremony of the Hungarian parliament in 1848Русский: Открытие венгерского парламентв в 1848 году
context_page_description: Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49.
  With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, Kossuth emerged from a poor gentry family into regent-president of Kingdom of Hungary. As the influential contemporary American journalist Horace Greeley said of Kossuth: "Among the orators, patriots, statesmen, exiles, he has, living or dead, no superior."
  Kossuth's powerful English and American speeches so impressed and touched the famous contemporary American orator Daniel Webster, that he wrote a book about Kossuth's life. He was widely honoured during his lifetime, including in Great Britain and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849.
caption: 5 July 1848: The opening ceremony of the first parliament, which was based on popular representation. Batthyány, Kossuth and other members of the first responsible government are on the balcony.
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