Gyula Wlassics

{{Short description|Hungarian politician}}

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{{Eastern name order|Wlassics Gyula}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Gyula Wlassics

| image =Wlassics Gyula.jpg

| order =Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary

| term_start =15 January 1895

| term_end =3 November 1903

| president =

| predecessor =Loránd Eötvös

| successor =Albert Berzeviczy

| birth_date ={{Birth date|1852|3|17|df=y}}

| birth_place =Zalaegerszeg, Kingdom of Hungary

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1937|03|30|1852|03|17|df=y}}

| death_place =Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary

| profession =politician, jurist

| party =Liberal Party, Constitution Party

}}

Baron Gyula Wlassics de Zalánkemén (17 March 1852 – 30 March 1937) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1895 and 1903.

Description

In December 1895 Wlassics passed a law that allowed women, among whom Sarolta Steinberger, to attend Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest to study medicine.[http://www.hirek.sk/multunk/20111219061717/Nok-is-tanulhatnak-a-magyar-egyetemeken.html Women can also study at Hungarian universities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422033828/http://www.hirek.sk/multunk/20111219061717/Nok-is-tanulhatnak-a-magyar-egyetemeken.html |date=22 April 2017 }}, 19 December 2011, Hirek.sk, Retrieved 21 April 2017

Wlassics favoured the free religious practice. He initiated the establishing of the museums' and the libraries' uniform organization with a national level. King Franz Joseph I awarded him with Iron Crown of Austria. He served as Speaker of the House of Magnates in 1918 and from 1927 to 1935. Wlassics was member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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