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Tisza (STEPHAN COUNT Hungarian)

STEPHAN, COUNT, Hungarian statesman, born in Budapest, in COUNT STEPHAN TISZA TITHE 1861; died in 1918, at the hand of an assassin. After finishing his studies in Berlin and Heidelberg and Vienna he was given a post in the Ministry of the Interior, in 1882. He was a strong supporter of the union with Austria and on the strength of this policy became Premier and Minister of the Interior in 1903-1906. In 1913 he again became Premier, and was believed to be one of the most influential figures in precipitating the World War. His Cabinet was compelled to resign in 1917, its war policies having by that time become discredited.