Education
He studied in Pápa, in the same school as Mór Jókai and Sándor Petőfi. When he finished his law studies he worked for the Zala County"s chief prosecutor.
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He studied in Pápa, in the same school as Mór Jókai and Sándor Petőfi. When he finished his law studies he worked for the Zala County"s chief prosecutor.
He worked as a juratus in the National Assembly of 1844. Kerkapoly met Ferenc Deák here, who already then sympathized with him and later attention and interest his orbit was accompanied by Deák. Kerkapoly continued his studies in Halle an der Saale and Berlin, but returned to Hungary when the revolution broke out.
The principal space of his function the parliamentary commissions were, beside this in the newspapers, was at work with a big effect anonymously mostly.
The educating the people, the national emancipation, the questions of the public finance and the national defence made it the object of his studies. As a result of this Gyula Andrássy appointed him state secretary of the Ministry of Defence.
Kerkapoly accepted between the most unfortunate financial relations (after Menyhért Lónyay joint Minister of Finance happened appointing) the portfolio of the Finance Minister. He initiated many significant reforms in his quality.
The negotiations with few successes continued with the Austrian ministry and the national bank attacked the monarchy"s cr case organization by this time for its alteration.
In 1873 he resigned from his position after the appointed dean
His political career started in 1865 when he became a member of the National Assembly. Under this parliament he was one of the most active believers of the Deák Party.
Hungarian Academy of Sciences]
He became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1859.