Andor Jaross
Andor Jaross | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 22 March 1944 – 7 August 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer |
| Succeeded by | Miklós Bonczos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andor Jaross 23 May 1896 Komáromcsehi, Kingdom of Hungary (now Čechy, Slovakia) |
| Died | 11 April 1946 (aged 49) Budapest, Hungary |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Citizenship | Hungarian (1896–1920, 1938–), Czechoslovak (1920–1938) |
| Political party | United Hungarian Party Party of Hungarian Renewal Arrow Cross Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Andor Jaross (23 May 1896 – 11 April 1946) was an ethnic Hungarian
Born in Komáromcsehi, in the Komárom County of the Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Čechy, Slovakia), he became general secretary of the United Hungarian Party, a group that sought to unite parts of Czechoslovakia with Hungary.[1] As national chairman of the party he sought to forge a united Hungarian identity, claiming in his inaugural address that 'every member of the Hungarian minority should take a united stand on the issues of today and tomorrow'.[2] Although effectively subordinate to János Esterházy in the party, Jaross became a well-known international figure, notably accepting an invitation to London from the Hungarian Committee of the House of Commons to present Hungarian grievances along with fellow United Hungarian Party MP Géza Szüllő.[3]
Moving to Hungary in 1938 he joined the government of
Removed from his position in August 1944 (after appropriating much Jewish property) he made a brief return in October 1944, after the Nazis deposed Horthy and installed the rabidly anti-Semitic Arrow Cross Party to head the new government under Prime Minister Ferenc Szálasi.
After the war, Jaross was tried by the Hungarian authorities and executed by firing squad.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Philip Rees, Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890, Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 197
- ^ "'Janos Esterhazy, the New National Chairman of the Hungarian Christian Socialist Party'". Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ 'Alliance of the Discontent National Minorities' Archived 2011-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Andrew Handler, A Man for All Connections: Raoul Wallenberg and the Hungarian State, p. 36
- ^ Raphael Patai, The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology, p. 568
- ^ Miklós Hadas, Football and Social Identity - The case of Hungary in the Twentieth Century Archived 2008-05-29 at the Wayback Machine, p.50
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