TISZA, STEPHEN, COUNT

(18611918), Hungarian statesman; entered the Hungarian Parliament as deputy, 1886, and quickly made his mark; his most cherished aim was the Magyar i zing of Hungary, and the strengthening of Magyar influence in Austria; became premier in 1903, but, being defeated in 1905, retired from public life for some years; then became president of the Chamber, and in 1912 premier again, and enjoyed an unchallenged supremacy till his downfall in 1917; was joint author of the Austro-Hungarian Note to Serbia, 1914, which plunged Europe into the World War. His resignation in 1917 was due to disagreement with Germany over the Polish question, his convictions on dualism being so strong that he could not admit of the introduction of the Slavs as a third party in the alliance. Shortly after the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 he was a a inated.