Count Lajos Tisza de Borosjenő et Szeged (12 September 1832 - 26 January 1898) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister besides the King between 1892 and 1894.

Szeged regards him as a hero since then because Lajos Tisza conducted the performance of the complicated task of the town's reconstruction with distinguished cooperation and a good organizational skill.

Lajos Tisza received the title of Count from Emperor Franz Joseph for his works in the reconstruction of Szeged in 1883.

In Szeged, the Lajos Tisza Boulevard and the Széchenyi Square's sculpture cherishes his memory.

That's why symbolic is the town of Szeged's story, our good king and our nation dared resolute and not slackened was reborne with his work."