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Lajos Kossuth

Governor-President of Hungary
Years: 1802 - 1894

Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) is a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49.

He is widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.

Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: "Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849".