Béla Székely (Born as Béla WeiszDecree No 51814. of 1902 of the Royal Hungarian Ministry of the Interior. MNL-OL 30806. microfilm 576. fig. Name change statements 1902. year 43. page 35. line 35. 17 July 1889 – 10 January 1939) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

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in 1919 (until 24 June with Gyula Lengyel). After the fall of the

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he emigrated to

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. From 1930, Székely worked in Berlin later lived in the

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. In 1938 he was arrested and executed during the

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