János Vörös
János Vörös | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary Hungary |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Unit | Seventh Home Defence Artillery Group, Legion of Szombathely, Second Motorist Brigade, Second Legion of Székesfehérvár |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
János Vörös (25 March 1891 - 23 July 1968) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in the unofficial Interim National Governmnet which led by Béla Miklós. He fought in the First World War at the Eastern Front and the Italian Campaign. He was appointed as Chief of Army Staff on 19 March, 1944, when the Nazis occupied Hungary. Later he joined to the Red Army which arrived to Hungary's eastern border.
He was the signer of the Moscow armistice convention as one of the members of the Interim Government delegation. In 1946 he was retired by them his own request. During his 58th birthday (1949) he was arrested with the charge of spying by the military investigation service. The Military Courthouse sentenced to life imprisonment him in 1950. Vörös left the prison in 1956 after that he lived desolately and poorly.
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