József Somkuthy

József Somkuthy
Born	20 April 1883 (1883-04-20) Folt, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	18 October 1961 (1961-10-19) (aged 78) Washington, D.C., United States
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1903–1936
Rank	Colonel General
Battles/wars	World War I

József Somkuthy (20 April 1883 – 18 October 1961) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence for a month in 1936. From 1935 he was the Chief of Army Staff. After the death of Gyula Gömbös he resigned along with the whole members of the cabinet. He was retired. He emigrated to the United States in 1950, settling in Washington, D.C.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Miklós Kozma	Minister of Defence 1936	Succeeded by Vilmos Rőder
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel-General Kamilló Kárpáthy	Chief of the General Staff January 1935 – 2 September 1936	Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Jenő Rátz

Ministers of Defence of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Batthyány Mészáros Görgey Aulich

Kingdom of Hungary	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Szende Ráday Orczy Fejérváry Kolossváry Nyiri Bihar Pap Wekerle Jekelfalussy Hazai Szurmay

Transition period	Linder A. Bartha Festetics Böhm Haubrich Böhm (opposed by Z. Szabó Horthy Belitska) Schnetzer Friedrich

Regency	Soós Sréter Belitska Csáky Gömbös Kozma Somkuthy Rőder Rátz K. Bartha V. Nagy Csatay

Transition period	Beregfy Vörös Tombor F. Nagy A. Bartha Dinnyés Veres

Communist Hungary	Farkas Bata Janza Maléter Münnich Révész Czinege Oláh Kárpáti

Republic of Hungary	Für Keleti J. Szabó Juhász Szekeres Hende Simicskó

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