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Albert Apponyi Apponyi Albert Aristocratic statesman who led Hungary’s delegation to the Paris peace talks in 1920 and pleaded for revising Trianon at the League Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary 1846–1933
István Tisza Tisza István Defender of the Dual Monarchy who was Hungary’s wartime prime minister and was killed by soldiers on the day of the Aster Revolution Political and party leadership · Hungary 1861–1918
Béla Somogyi Somogyi Béla Editor of the Social Democratic Népszava who was murdered by an officer detachment in 1920 for exposing the White Terror Ideology and propaganda 1868–1920
Miklós Horthy Horthy Miklós Regent who led the counter-revolutionary National Army and ruled Hungary until 1944 Government and administration · Hungary 1868–1957
Dénes Berinkey Berinkey Dénes Last prime minister of the Hungarian People’s Republic, who resigned with his cabinet over the Vix note Political and party leadership · Hungary 1871–1944
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
Gyula Peidl Peidl Gyula Printer and Social Democratic leader who headed the six-day “trade-union government” after the fall of the Soviet Republic Political and party leadership · Hungary 1873–1943
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
Jenő Landler Landler Jenő Labour lawyer turned Communist who was interior commissar and a Red Army commander in the Hungarian Soviet Republic Government and administration · Hungary 1875–1928
Mihály Károlyi Károlyi Mihály Liberal aristocrat who came to power in the Aster Revolution and was president of the First Hungarian Republic Political and party leadership · Hungary 1875–1955
Oszkár Jászi Jászi Oszkár Social scientist who led the Radical Party and served as minister of nationalities in the Károlyi government Government and administration · Hungary 1875–1957
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
Aurél Stromfeld Stromfeld Aurél Professional officer who as chief of staff of the Hungarian Red Army directed the northern campaign of 1919 Military command · Hungary 1878–1927
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
Sándor Garbai Garbai Sándor Bricklayer turned Social Democrat who chaired the Revolutionary Governing Council of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Political and party leadership · Hungary 1879–1947
Vilmos Böhm Böhm Vilmos Social Democratic leader who was defence commissar and Red Army commander-in-chief of the Hungarian Soviet Republic Military command · Hungary 1880–1949
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
Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc Conservative ally of Bethlen who as interior minister twice used the police to hold down radical movements of left and right Government and administration · Hungary 1881–1948
Károly Peyer Peyer Károly Hungarian Social Democratic and trade-union leader who won legal status for his party in the Bethlen–Peyer Pact of 1921 Legislature and state representation · Hungary 1881–1956
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
Jusztinián Serédi Serédi Jusztinián Benedictine cardinal who led the Hungarian Catholic Church as Archbishop of Esztergom and Prince Primate in 1927–1945 Religion 1884–1945
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
György Lukács Lukács György Founder of Western Marxism: the Hungarian thinker who reoriented 20th-century Marxist philosophy with History and Class Consciousness Scholarship and theory · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1885–1971
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
Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre National radical politician who denounced the Novi Sad massacre in parliament and was executed for preparing an anti-Nazi uprising Legislature and state representation · Hungary 1886–1944
Miklós Kállay Kállay Miklós Wartime prime minister who refused German deportation demands and sought a secret armistice with the Western Allies Government and administration · Hungary 1887–1967
Tibor Szamuely Szamuely Tibor Communist deputy war commissar of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and a leading figure of its Red Terror Military command · Hungary 1890–1919
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
Béla Miklós Miklós Béla Commander of the Hungarian First Army who went over to the Soviets in October 1944 and headed the provisional government in Debrecen Government and administration · Hungary 1890–1948
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 Bacsó Bacsó Béla Socialist writer and Népszava journalist murdered with Béla Somogyi in 1920 for writing against the White Terror Ideology and propaganda 1891–1920
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
József Cserny Cserny József Communist paramilitary commander who led the Lenin Boys and was a leading participant in the Red Terror of 1919 Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1892–1919
József Mindszenty Mindszenty József Archbishop of Esztergom and cardinal sentenced to life in a 1949 show trial, who sheltered in the US embassy in Budapest from 1956 Religion 1892–1975
Ottó Korvin Korvin Ottó Communist who ran the political police of the Hungarian Soviet Republic as head of its political investigation department Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1894–1919
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
Andor Jaross Jaross Andor Hungarian minority leader in Czechoslovakia who, as interior minister in Sztójay’s cabinet in 1944, organised the deportation of Jews Government and administration · Hungary 1896–1946
Imre Sallai Sallai Imre Hungarian Communist leader hanged in 1932 under the summary jurisdiction proclaimed after the Biatorbágy bombing Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1897–1932
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
Sándor Fürst Fürst Sándor Member of the Hungarian Communist leadership hanged with Imre Sallai after a summary trial that used the Biatorbágy bombing as a pretext Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1903–1932
Zoltán Schönherz Schönherz Zoltán Underground Communist leader who organised anti-war demonstrations through the Independence Committee and was executed in 1942 Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1905–1942
Ferenc Rózsa Rózsa Ferenc Communist who was the first editor of the underground Szabad Nép and died in custody after his arrest in 1942 Ideology and propaganda · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1906–1942
Rezső Kasztner Kasztner Rezső Zionist lawyer who negotiated with Eichmann to send 1,684 Jews to Switzerland on what became known as the Kasztner train Social movements and organizing 1906–1957