Vitéz Miklós Kozma de Leveld (5 September 1884 – 8 December 1941) was a Hungarian politician, who served as

Interior Minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

between 1935 and 1937. He was also Minister of Defence for a short time in the cabinet of

Gyula Gömbös Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa (26 December 1886 – 6 October 1936) was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1 October 1932 to his death. Background Gömbös was born in Murga, Tolna County, King ...

. He attended the Ludovika Academy and fought in World War I. He was the supporter of

Miklós Horthy Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1957) was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who was the Regent of Hungary, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary Hungary between the World Wars, during the ...

from the begins (Counter-government of

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). He worked as head of the

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(MTI) from 1922 until his death. He did not agree with the Prime Minister

Kálmán Darányi Kálmán Darányi de Pusztaszentgyörgy et Tetétlen (22 March 1886 – 1 November 1939) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1936 to 1938. He also served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary ...

's moderate policy, so he resigned the position of the Minister of the Interior. After the ministership Kozma continued his radical politics, he wanted to attack

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(''Kárpátalja'') with the

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at which time it was part of

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, but the government talked him out of this plan. The Rongyos Gárda had encountered the Slovak army after they filtered into the region. After the occupation Miklós Kozma was appointed as governor of

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. He played a major role in the starting of the first Jewish deportation in Hungary, beginning with non-Hungarian Jews, including those who had escaped from surrounding countries into Hungary. Many of these deportees soon became victims of the Kamianets-Podilskyi Massacre.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

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* 1884 births 1941 deaths Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I People from Oradea People from the Kingdom of Hungary Unity Party (Hungary) politicians Ministers of the interior of Hungary Ministers of defence of Hungary Hungarian soldiers {{Hungary-politician-stub Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany Holocaust perpetrators in Hungary Hungarian war criminals