Count Károly Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (10 April 1873 – 30 April 1945) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as

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between 1923 and 1929. During

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he fought on the Eastern Front, where he seriously injured. After the establishment of the

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he demobilized. In 1923

István Bethlen Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (8 October 1874 – 5 October 1946) was a Hungarians, Hungarian Aristocracy (class), aristocrat and politician, statesman and served as prime minister from 1921 to 1931. Early life The scion of an old Bethlen ...

appointed him as Minister of Defence. As a minister he favoured the

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examining the cessation of its commission's function, and he covered the gun-running being directed into the country. He also supported the

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in the interest of a right wing extremist

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. In 1929 he resigned from his position. His father was

Albin Csáky Count Albin Csáky de Körösszeg et Adorján (19 April 1841 – 15 December 1912) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1888 and 1894. He finished his secondary school studies in Lőcse, then he ...

, a former Minister of Education.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1873 births 1945 deaths People from Levoča District Hungarians in Slovakia Ministers of defence of Hungary Hungarian soldiers Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Austro-Hungarian Army officers Karoly, Csaky {{Hungary-politician-stub