Jenő Rátz

Vitéz Jenő Rátz de Nagylak (20 September 1882 – 1949) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1938.

Jenő Rátz
Born	(1882-09-20)20 September 1882 Nagybecskerek, Austria-Hungary (today Zrenjanin, Serbia)
Died	1949 (1950) (aged 66) Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1904–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	World War I

He fought in the First World War. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he served in the National Army. From 1 October 1936 he became Chief of Army Staff of the Magyar Honvédség. Béla Imrédy appointed him as Minister of Defence. After that he was a representative in the House of Representatives of Hungary. During the cabinet of Döme Sztójay he was a minister without portfolio and Deputy Prime Minister. On that score, after the war the People's Tribune sentenced to death but later the judgement was changed: Rátz was sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in the prison after four years.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• 168 Óra Online – István Bölcs: Díszmagyar és rohamsisak 2007-06-20. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

Political offices
Preceded by Vilmos Rőder	Minister of Defence 1938	Succeeded by Károly Bartha
Preceded by Zsigmond Perényi	Speaker of the House of Magnates 1944–1945	Succeeded by office abolished
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel-General József Somkuthy	Chief of the General Staff 1 October 1936 – 24 May 1938	Succeeded by Lieutenant-General Lajos Keresztes-Fischer