- Miklós Kozma
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Miklós Kozma Minister of the Interior of Hungary In office
4 March 1935 – 3 February 1937Preceded by Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer Succeeded by Kálmán Darányi Personal details Born 5 September 1884
Nagyvárad, Hungary
Died 8 December 1941 (aged 57)
Ungvár, Hungary
Political party Party of National Unity, Party of Hungarian Life Profession politician The native form of this personal name is vitéz leveldi Kozma Miklós. This article uses the Western name order.Vitéz Miklós Kozma de Leveld (5 September 1884 – 8 December 1941) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1935 and 1937. He was also Minister of Defence for a short time in the cabinet of Gyula Gömbös. He attended the Ludovika Academy and fought in World War I. He was the supporter of Miklós Horthy from the begins (Counter-government of Szeged). He worked as head of the Magyar Távirati Iroda (MTI) from 1922 until his death. He didn't agree with the Prime Minister Kálmán Darányi'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 Zakarpattia Oblast (Kárpátalja), which was part of Czechoslovakia yet, with the Rongyos Gárda, but the government talked him out of this plan. The Rongyos Gárda encountered with the Slovak army so, After they filtered through into the region. After the occupation Miklós Kozma was appointed as governor of Kárpátalja. He played an important role in the starting of the first Jewish deportation in Hungary in this quality of his, in these sense for which one all escaped onto Hungary like that Jew, at which official documents were not, it was conveyed to the Germans, who these Jews strafed at the Kamianets-Podilskyi Massacre.
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Political offices Preceded by
Ferenc Keresztes-FischerMinister of the Interior
1935–1937Succeeded by
Kálmán DarányiPreceded by
Gyula GömbösMinister of Defence
Acting
1936Succeeded by
József SomkuthyMinisters of the Interior of Hungary since 1848 Revolution of 1848 Kingdom of Hungary Transition period Regency Simonyi-Semadam · Dömötör · Ferdinandy · Tomcsányi · Ráday · Klebelsberg · Rakovszky · Scitovszky · Keresztes-Fischer · Kozma · Darányi · J. Széll · Keresztes-Fischer · Jaross · Bonczos · SchellTransition period Communist Hungary Republic of Hungary Ministers of Defence of Hungary since 1848 Revolution of 1848 Kingdom of Hungary Transition period Regency Soós · Sréter · Belitska · Csáky · Gömbös · Kozma · Somkuthy · Rőder · Rátz · K. Bartha · V. Nagy · CsatayTransition period Communist Hungary Republic of Hungary Categories:- 1884 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Oradea
- Hungarian politicians
- Hungarian Interior Ministers
- Defence ministers of Hungary
- Hungarian soldiers
- Hungarian politician stubs
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