Career

His father was Béla Perczel, a former Minister of Justice of Hungary. During his reigning Dezső Perczel supported the institution of civil marriage. He also made a law about the parish registers.

He took several measures concerning about the labour movement"s and the nationality movements" breaking official

Later (1903–1904) he fought against the Opposition"s tactics of filibuster. He was a president of new-created Party of National Work.