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Miklós Horthy Horthy Miklós Regent who led the counter-revolutionary National Army and ruled Hungary until 1944 Government and administration · Hungary 1868–1957
Gyula Károlyi Károlyi Gyula Conservative aristocrat who set up the counter-revolutionary government in Szeged in 1919 and was prime minister of Hungary in 1931–1932 Political and party leadership · Hungary 1871–1947
Joseph August Joseph August von Österreich Habsburg archduke and last field marshal of the Austro-Hungarian army who briefly declared himself regent of Hungary in August 1919 Military command · Austria state institutions 1872–1962
István Bethlen Bethlen István Transylvanian aristocrat who, as prime minister in 1921–1931, consolidated the Horthy regime with a restricted franchise and a League loan Government and administration · Hungary 1874–1946
Pál Prónay Prónay Pál Counter-revolutionary paramilitary commander who led the most brutal officer detachment of the Hungarian White Terror of 1919–1921 Military command · Hungary 1874–1947/1948
Antal Lehár Lehár Antal Legitimist general who led counter-revolutionary troops in western Hungary and joined both of King Charles’s return attempts in 1921 Military command · Hungary 1876–1962
Pál Teleki Teleki Pál Geographer of the “Red map” who was twice prime minister and killed himself in 1941 as German troops crossed Hungary Government and administration · Hungary 1879–1941
István Haller Haller István Christian Socialist politician who, as minister of religion and education, prepared and tabled the numerus clausus bill of 1920 Government and administration · Hungary 1880–1964
Henrik Werth Werth Henrik Chief of the Hungarian General Staff who was the strongest advocate of alliance with Germany and of war on the Soviet Union Military command · Hungary 1881–1952
Döme Sztójay Sztójay Döme Soldier-diplomat who pushed for the German alliance in Berlin and, as prime minister under occupation, sped up the Jewish deportations Government and administration · Hungary 1883–1946
Gusztáv Jány Jány Gusztáv Commander of the Hungarian Second Army destroyed on the Don in January 1943 Military command · Hungary 1883–1947
István Friedrich Friedrich István Factory owner who was prime minister of Hungary for three months after the August 1919 coup against the Peidl government Political and party leadership · Hungary 1883–1951
Gyula Ostenburg-Moravek Ostenburg-Moravek Gyula Gendarmerie officer whose detachment murdered two Népszava journalists and who joined King Charles’s 1921 return attempt Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1884–1944
Károly Bartha Bartha Károly Defence minister who pressed for joining the invasion of Yugoslavia and the war on the Soviet Union, and harshened labour service Government and administration · Hungary 1884–1964
Gyula Gömbös Gömbös Gyula Right-radical officer who organised the Szeged National Army and as prime minister in 1932–1936 steered Hungary towards Italy and Germany Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1936
Kálmán Darányi Darányi Kálmán Gömbös’s successor as prime minister in 1936–1938, who announced the Győr programme and introduced the First Jewish Law Government and administration · Hungary 1886–1939
László Bárdossy Bárdossy László Wartime prime minister who declared war on the Soviet Union over the Kassa bombing and approved the deportation of Jews Government and administration · Hungary 1890–1946
Iván Héjjas Héjjas Iván White Terror commander whose detachment around Kecskemét carried out the Orgovány killings and the Izsák pogrom Military command · Hungary 1890–1950
Béla Imrédy Imrédy Béla Prime minister who swung Hungary towards Germany and drafted the Second Jewish Law, then fell over his own Jewish ancestry Government and administration · Hungary 1891–1946
László Endre Endre László Interior Ministry state secretary who in 1944 ran the ghettoisation and deportation of Hungary’s Jews with László Baky Government and administration · Hungary 1895–1946
Ferenc Szálasi Szálasi Ferenc Arrow Cross leader installed by Germany as 'Leader of the Nation' in 1944 Political and party leadership · Hungary 1897–1946
László Baky Baky László Gendarmerie officer turned National Socialist who as state secretary for the interior in 1944 ran the deportation of Jews with László Endre Government and administration · Hungary 1898–1946
Béla Király Király Béla The general and contested witness of 1956 Military command · Hungary 1912–2009