Károly Soós (Minister of Defence)

Károly Soós

Born	28 July 1869 (1869-07-28) Nagyszeben, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	24 June 1953 (1953-06-25) (aged 83) Steinfort, Luxembourg
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1890–1922
Rank	General
Unit	Fourth Austro-Hungarian Army, Thirty-third Pawn Brigade, Eleventh Austro-Hungarian Army
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Order of Leopold, Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Medal

The native form of this personal name is Vitéz bádoki Soós Károly. This article uses the Western name order.

Vitéz Károly Soós de Bádok (28 July 1869 – 24 June 1953) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1920. He participated in the working of revolutionary counter-government organizations on Szeged against the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Soós became the first Chief of Army Staff of the National Army.

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Political offices
Preceded by István Friedrich	Minister of Defence 1920	Succeeded by István Sréter

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

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 121463576

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