Károly Grecsák

Hungarian politician and jurist

Károly Grecsák


Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office 18 August 1917 – 25 January 1918
Preceded by	Vilmos Vázsonyi
Succeeded by	Vilmos Vázsonyi

Personal details
Born	(1854-11-15)November 15, 1854 Versec, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	17 December 1924(1924-12-17) (aged 70) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Political party	Party of Hungarian Order
Profession	politician, jurist

Károly Grecsák (15 November 1854 - 17 December 1924) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1917 and 1918. He was a representative of the Moderate Opposition from 1881 to 1891. He was the founder and an editor of the first German language oppositional newspaper, the Budapester Tageblatt. From 1891 he worked as a judge for the Court of Szeged, later moved to Budapest to the Court. After the ministership he became a lawyer in the capital city. He was the founder and chairman of the Party of Hungarian Order which functioned from 1920 to 1922.