Samu Hazai

Baron Samu Hazai (German: Samuel Freiherr von Hazai; 26 December 1851 – 10 February 1942) was a Hungarian military officer and politician of Jewish origin, who served as Minister of Defence of Hungary between 1910 and 1917.

Samu Hazai
Born(1851-12-26)26 December 1851
Rimaszombat, Kingdom of Hungary
Died10 February 1942(1942-02-10) (aged 90)
Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance Austria-Hungary
Years of service1873–1918
RankColonel General
Commands heldForty-sixth Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsOrder of the Iron Crown, Order of Leopold

Decorations and awards

  • Military Merit Medal in bronze (Austria-Hungary, March 1900) - for his services as an instructor.
  • Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class (Austria, June 1904) - for his services in the military training
  • Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold (Austria, 10 April 1908)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (Spain, 1909)
  • Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class (Prussia, 1910)
  • Order of Prince Danilo I, 1st class (Montenegro, 1910)
  • Appointment to the Privy Council (December 1910)
  • Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (12 August 1913)
  • Military Merit Cross, 1st class with war decoration (Austria-Hungary, 3 February 1915)
  • Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Red Cross (1915)
  • Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class (Prussia, 1915)
  • Grand Cross of the Military Merit with Swords (Bavaria, 1915)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (June 1916); war decoration added on 10 August 1916
  • Large Military Merit Medal in Gold (25 November 1916)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg, 1916)
  • Grand Cross with swords and golden star of the Albert Order, (Saxony, 1916)
  • Order of the Medjidie, 1st class (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
  • Gallipoli Star ("Iron Crescent", Ottoman Empire, 1917)
  • Imtiyaz Medal in Gold (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
  • Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration in diamonds (Austria-Hungary, 12 August 1918)
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References

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Lajos Jekelfalussy
    Minister of Defence
    1910–1917
    Succeeded by
    Sándor Szurmay
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