Lajos Keresztes-Fischer (8 January 1884 – 29 April 1948) was a Hungarian military officer, who served as

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in 1938. His older brother was

Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (18 February 1881 – 3 March 1948) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He was an advisor of the Pécsi Takarékpénztár Rt. / Pécs Savings Bank Corp. He was the prefect of Baranya County 1921–1931, and the prefe ...

, a politician and Minister of the Interior.Magyar Katolikus Lexikon - ''Hadtörténeti Közlemények'' 1984/2:386.
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Career

He participated in the

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. He served for the Supreme Command of

Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya ( hu, Vitéz nagybányai Horthy Miklós; ; English: Nicholas Horthy; german: Nikolaus Horthy Ritter von Nagybánya; 18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957), was a Hungarian admiral and dictator who served as the Regent o ...

's National Army in 1919. He was a significant supporter of Horthy, he was assigned to the Military Office of the Regent in 1920. Between 1920 and 1925 he served as Deputy Chief of the Military Chancellery. From 1925 to 1929 he was the Chief of 4th Section Bureau VI of the

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. Between 1929 and 1931 he was charged as Commanding Officer of the Infantry 6th Mixed Brigade. After that he was commanding the 1st Cavalry Brigade from 1931 to 1933. Between 1933 and 1935 he served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. Since 1933 he was the Aide-de-Camp to the Regent. Keresztes-Fischer held this office until 1941. From 1935 to 1938 he served as Chief of the Military Chancellery. He became Chief of General Staff for several months when his predecessor Lieutenant-General

Jenő Rátz Knight, Vitéz Jenő Rátz de Nagylak (20 September 1882 – 21 January 1952) was a Hungary, Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1938. He fought in the First World War. During the Hungarian Soviet Repub ...

was appointed Minister of Defence in the cabinet of

Béla Imrédy Béla vitéz Imrédy de Ómoravicza ( hu, Vitéz ómoraviczai Imrédy Béla; 29 December 1891 in Budapest – 28 February 1946 in Budapest) was Prime Minister of Hungary from 1938 to 1939. Born in Budapest to a Catholic family, Imrédy studied ...

. In 1938 he became Chief of the Military Chancellery again. During the first years of the

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he served as Adjutant-General of the Military Chancellery. He was retired in 1943. During the

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's coup (15–16 October 1944) he was arrested and imprisoned in the

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by the

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along with his brother. Since 1945 he lived in emigration. He died on 29 April 1948, just two months after the death of

References

External links

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

1884 births 1948 deaths People from Pécs Hungarian people of German descent Hungarian soldiers Hungarian military personnel of World War II Hungarian emigrants to Austria {{Hungary-mil-bio-stub