Vitéz Károly Soós de Bádok (28 July 1869 – 24 June 1953) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

in 1920. He participated in the working of revolutionary counter-government organizations on

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against the

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. Soós became the first

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of the National Army.

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Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1869 births 1953 deaths People from Sibiu People from the Kingdom of Hungary Ministers of defence of Hungary Austro-Hungarian generals Hungarian soldiers Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Hungarian anti-communists {{Hungary-politician-stub