György Majláth (1818–1883)

{{Short description|Hungarian politician}}

{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = György Majláth

| image = MailathGyorgy1818-1883.png

| order = Speaker of the House of Magnates

| term_start = 22 March 1867

| term_end = 29 March 1883

| president =

| predecessor = Pál Sennyey

| successor = László Szőgyény-Marich

| birth_date = 7 December 1818

| birth_place = Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary
(today: Bratislava, Slovakia)

| death_date = 29 March 1883 (aged 64)

| death_place = Budapest, Austria-Hungary

| spouse = Stefánia Prandau-Hilleprand

| children = Etelka
György
Sarolta
József
István
László
Gusztáv

| profession = politician

| party = Conservative Party

|}}

{{eastern name order|Majláth György}}

György Majláth (7 December 1818 – 29 March 1883), also known by his German name Georg von Majláth, was a Hungarian politician.{{cite encyclopedia | title = Mailáth | encyclopedia = Meyers Konversations-Lexikon | edition = 4th | year = 1890 | volume = 11 | pages = 113–114 | url = http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=110810}}

Majláth was born in Pressburg (Pozsony), Kingdom of Hungary (today Bratislava, Slovakia), to György Majláth, also a Hungarian politician. He entered the civil service of the county of Baranya, of which he was deputy from 1839 to 1843. The legislature appointed him administrator of the county in 1843, and county head in 1848. However he withdrew to private life during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

He reentered politics a decade later, playing a large part from 1859 in a strengthened legislature. In 1866 he became Chancellor of Hungary, and later the judex curiae (judge royal) of Hungary. He was Speaker of the Diet of Hungary from 22 March 1867 until his death on 29 March 1883.Official website of the National Assembly of Hungary He was killed during a robbery in 1883.