Bertalan Szemere

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Bertalan Szemere
3rd Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary
In office 2 May 1849 – 11 August 1849
Preceded by	Lajos Batthyány
Succeeded by	Austrian occupation Gyula Andrássy (1867)
Personal details
Born	(1812-08-27)27 August 1812 Vatta, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	18 January 1869(1869-01-18) (aged 56) Pest, Kingdom of Hungary
Resting place	Miskolc (since 1871)
Political party	Opposition Party
Spouse	Leopoldina Jurkovich
Children	Mária Gizella Attila
Profession	politician, jurist

Bertalan Szemere (also referred to as Bartholomew Szemere, 27 August 1812 – 18 January 1869) was a Hungarian poet and nationalist who became the third Prime Minister of Hungary during the short period of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 when Hungary was independent of rule by the Austrian Empire.