Jenő Tombor (3 March 1880 – 25 July 1946) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as

Minister of Defence A defence minister or minister of defence is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from coun ...

from 1945 until his death. During the

Hungarian Soviet Republic The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...

he planned a successful campaign against the rebel Czechoslovaks with

Aurél Stromfeld Aurél Stromfeld (September 19, 1878, Budapest – October 10, 1927, Budapest) was a Hungarian general, commander-in-chief of the Hungarian Red Army during the Hungarian Soviet Republic. He had a major role in temporarily pressing back the Czech ...

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1880 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Nitra Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party politicians Defence ministers of Hungary Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1945–1947) Hungarian soldiers Austro-Hungarian Army officers Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I {{Hungary-politician-stub