serviceyears death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1904 -- 1945 budapest , people 's republic of hungary yes 1949 20 september 1882 nagybecskerek , austria-hungary -lrb- today vojvodina , serbia -rrb- -lrb- veliki bečkerek -rrb- , kingdom of hungary austria-hungary austria-hungary kingdom of hungary kingdom of hungary world war i yes 20 september 1882 lieutenant general jenő rátz -lrb- 1882 - 1949 -rrb- . jpg jenő rátz
 jenő rátz
jenő rátz

vitéz jenő rátz de nagylak -lrb- 20 september 1882 -- 1949 -rrb- 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 .
