Géza Lukachich von Somorja

Baron Géza Lukachich von Somorja (29 March 1865 – 25 December 1943) was an

Géza Ákos Dezső Lukachich de Somorja was born on 29 March 1865 in Kassa (present-day Košice, Slovakia). At the age of 22 Géza graduated from a military school for cadets in Temesvár (today Timișoara, Romania).^[3] After finishing military school, in 1883, he would join the 62nd Infantry Regiment.^[3] Eventually serving on the General Staff, and as Chief of Staff of the first military district of Budapest.^{[4][6][clarification needed]} He would later teach at the Maria Theresa Military Academy and the Honvéd Ministry.^[3] On 20 July 1911 he was promoted to Oberst, in December he became a commander of the 38th Infantry Regiment.^[3][6] Which was stationed near Budapest.^[6] In 1914 he became the commander of the 1st Mountain Brigade.

World War I

Lukachich distinguished himself as a competent officer during the

After World War I, he was installed as the military commander of Budapest. While there, attempted to suppress the Aster Revolution, however his efforts failed. On 30 October 1918, he was arrested by the pro-revolutionary Hungarian National Council led by Mihály Károlyi. Following his release in 1919, he retired from the army and founded the National Association of Retired Military Officers. He would serve as the organization's president until his death. Géza Lukachich was also the president of the National Association of Homeowners. He died in the third district of Budapest at 4:00 a.m. on 25 December 1943.^[3]

Family

Lukachich von Somorja was a descendant of the Lukachich family, a Hungarian noble family of Croatian origin. His parents were József Lukachich and Laura Szlexy. He married Erzsébet Gizella Halmos, with whom he had two daughters.

Works

• Reasons for the Mutilation of Hungary (Budapest, 1932)
• Defending the Doberdo in the First Battle of Isonzo (Budapest, 1918, Athenaeum Publishing House)

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