Béla Orczy

{{short description|Hungarian politician and freedom fighter (1822–1917)}}

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{{eastern name order|orczi báró Orczy Béla}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Béla Orczy

| image =Orczy Bela.jpg

| order =Minister of the Interior of Hungary

| term_start =11 February 1887

| term_end =22 March 1889

| president =

| predecessor =Kálmán Tisza

| successor =Gábor Baross

| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1822|01|16}}

| birth_place =Pest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1917|02|07|1822|01|16|df=y}}

| death_place =Vienna, Austria-Hungary

| profession =Soldier, politician

| party =Deák Party, Liberal Party

|}}

Baron Béla Orczy de Orczi (16 January 1822{{cite book |title=Honvédelmi miniszterek 1848-1994 |date=1994 |publisher=Zrinyi Kiadó |isbn=978-963-327-228-2 |page=40 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Honv%C3%A9delmi_miniszterek_1848_1994/HugxAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Orczy+B%C3%A9la+%221822.+janu%C3%A1r+16.%22&dq=Orczy+B%C3%A9la+%221822.+janu%C3%A1r+16.%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=hu}} – 7 February 1917{{cite book |last1=Bölöny |first1=József |title=Magyarország kormányai, 1848-1987 |date=1987 |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |isbn=978-963-05-4511-2 |page=342 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Magyarorsz%C3%A1g_korm%C3%A1nyai_1848_1987/o98lAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Orczy+B%C3%A9la+%221917.+febru%C3%A1r+7%22&dq=Orczy+B%C3%A9la+%221917.+febru%C3%A1r+7%22&printsec=frontcover |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=hu}}) was a Hungarian politician and freedom fighter, who served as Interior Minister between 1887 and 1889.{{cite web |title=Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990 |url=http://mek.niif.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC11371/11462.htm |website=mek.niif.hu |access-date=16 December 2024}} He was also Minister of Home Defence for several months in 1884.{{cite book |title=Politikai magyarország |date=1913 |publisher=Anonymus Történelmi Könyvkiadó Vállalat |page=334 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Politikai_magyarorsz%C3%A1g/GqNJAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Orczy+B%C3%A9la+Honv%C3%A9delmi+miniszter+%221884%22&pg=PA334&printsec=frontcover |access-date=16 December 2024 |language=hu}} He took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he fought against the rebelling Serbs in the area of Délvidék. He was the de facto Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1879 and 1890. His paternal grandfather was the poet {{ill|Lőrinc Orczy|hu|Orczy Lőrinc}}.

Gyula Andrássy secured Belá Orczy's appointment to the foreign ministry, as part of his effort to increase Hungarian influence in Austro-Hungarian foreign policy.{{Cite book |last=Armour |first=Ian D. |title=Apple of Discord: The "Hungarian Factor" in Austro-Serbian Relations, 1867–1881 |date=2014 |publisher=Purdue University Press |pages=311–316 |chapter=Conclusion |doi=10.2307/j.ctt6wq2sj.23 |doi-access=free}}