Jenő Rátz

Jenő Rátz

Born	20 September 1882 (1882-09-20) Nagybecskerek (Veliki Bečkerek), Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (today Vojvodina, Serbia)
Died	1949 (1950) (aged 67) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1904–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	World War I

Vitéz Jenő Rátz de Nagylak (20 September 1882 – 1949) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1938.

He fought in the First World War. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he served in the National Army. From 1 October 1936 he became Chief of Army Staff of the Magyar Honvédség. Béla Imrédy appointed him as Minister of Defence. After that he was a representative in the House of Representatives of Hungary. During the cabinet of Döme Sztójay he was a minister without portfolio and Deputy Prime Minister. On that score, after the war the People's Tribune sentenced to death but later the judgement was changed: Rátz was sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in the prison after four years.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
168 Óra Online – István Bölcs: Díszmagyar és rohamsisak 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2010-09-11.

Political offices
Preceded by Vilmos Rőder	Minister of Defence 1938	Succeeded by Károly Bartha
Preceded by Zsigmond Perényi	Speaker of the House of Magnates 1944–1945	Succeeded by office abolished
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel-General József Somkuthy	Chief of the General Staff 1 October 1936 – 24 May 1938	Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Lajos Keresztes-Fischer

Speakers of the National Assembly of Hungary

House of Magnates (1848–1918)	Majláth, Sr. Perényi (I) G. Apponyi Sennyey Majláth, Jr. Szőgyény-Marich Sennyey Vay Szlávy Tóth Károlyi Csáky Dessewffy Csáky Jósika Hadik-Barkóczy Wlassics

House of Representatives (1848–1918)	Pázmándy P. Almásy Palóczy Ghyczy Szentiványi Somssich Bittó B. Perczel Ghyczy Szlávy Péchy Bánffy Szilágyi Madarász D. Perczel A. Apponyi D. Perczel Justh S. Gál Berzeviczy Návay Tisza Beőthy Szász

National Assembly (1920–1927)	Rakovszky Gaál Scitovszky Zsitvay

House of Magnates (1927–1945)	Wlassics Széchényi Perényi (III) Rátz

House of Representatives (1927–1945)	Zsitvay L. Almásy Sztranyavszky Kornis Darányi Tasnádi Nagy

Provisional National Assembly (1944–1945)	Vásáry Zsedényi

National Assembly (since 1945)	F. Nagy Varga Szabó I. Nagy Olt Drahos Dögei Rónai Metzker Vass Kállai Apró Sarlós Stadinger Szűrös (Fodor) Göncz Szabad Z. Gál Áder Szili Katona Schmitt Kövér

Ministers of Defence of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Batthyány Mészáros Görgey Aulich

Kingdom of Hungary	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Szende Ráday Orczy Fejérváry Kolossváry Nyiri Bihar Pap Wekerle Jekelfalussy Hazai Szurmay

Transition period	Linder A. Bartha Festetics Böhm Haubrich Böhm (opposed by Z. Szabó Horthy Belitska) Schnetzer Friedrich

Regency	Soós Sréter Belitska Csáky Gömbös Kozma Somkuthy Rőder Rátz K. Bartha V. Nagy Csatay

Transition period	Beregfy Vörös Tombor F. Nagy A. Bartha Dinnyés Veres

Communist Hungary	Farkas Bata Janza Maléter Münnich Révész Czinege Oláh Kárpáti

Republic of Hungary	Für Keleti J. Szabó Juhász Szekeres Hende Simicskó

Far-right nationalism and fascism in Hungary until 1945

Political parties and groups	Arrow Cross Party Christian National Socialist Front Hungarian National Defence Association Hungarian National Socialist Agricultural Labourers' and Workers' Party Hungarian National Socialist Party National Front Rongyos Gárda United Hungarian National Socialist Party

People	Gábor Andreánszky István Antal Endre Bajcsy-Zsilinszky László Baky István Balogh László Bárdossy Károly Beregfy Zoltán Böszörmény László Budinszky László Csatáry László Endre Ákos Farkas Sándor Festetics Imre Finta József Gera Gyula Gömbös Árpád Henney Miklós Horthy Béla Imrédy Győző Istóczy Andor Jaross Béla Jurcsek Gábor Kemény András Kun Lajos Méhelÿ Zoltán Meskó József Nyírő Fidél Pálffy Ottokár Prohászka Pál Prónay Ferenc Rajniss Jenő Rátz Lajos Reményi-Schneller Dezső Szabó Ferenc Szálasi Jenő Szemák Döme Sztójay András Tasnádi Nagy Gábor Vajna Charles Zentai

Related articles	Arrow Cross Budapest ghetto Government of National Unity Greater Hungary Gyorshadtest Kolozsvár ghetto Labour service Levente Associations Szeged Idea Treaty of Trianon Turanism First Vienna Award Second Vienna Award

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