Béla Grünwald

Béla Grünwald
Member of the House of Representatives
for Szliács
In office
17 October 1878 – 4 May 1891
Preceded byBéla Radvánszky
Succeeded byGyörgy Radvánszky
Personal details
Born(1839-12-02)2 December 1839
Died4 May 1891(1891-05-04) (aged 51)
PartyLiberal Party (until 1880)
Independent (1880)
Moderate Opposition (1880–91)
Alma materRoyal University of Pest
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Béla Ferenc József Grünwald de Bártfa (Hungarian: bártfai Grünwald Béla Ferenc József; 2 December 1839 – 4 May 1891) was a Hungarian nationalist politician and historian who was active in Upper Hungary (today mostly Slovakia). Within his own party, the parliamentary opposition, he found himself increasingly marginalized due to his nationalist views. The politically ostracized Grünwald then turned his attention to historiography.

Grünwald committed suicide by gunshot wound to the head in unclear circumstances while visiting Paris on 4 May 1891. Shortly before his suicide, he sent a telegram to Albert Apponyi, the leader of the Moderate Opposition, briefly notifying him of his own death.