Ferenc Schnetzer
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Ferenc Schnetzer was a Hungarian
military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1919, during the Romanian occupation of Hungary
. He took part in the Friedrich
's coup against cabinet of Gyula Peidl
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1919, during the Romanian occupation of Hungary
Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919
The seeds of the Hungarian–Romanian war of 1919 were planted when the union of Transylvania with Romania was proclaimed, on December 1, 1918. In late March 1919, the Bolsheviks came to power in Hungary, at which point its army attempted to retake Transylvania, commencing the war. By its final...
. He took part in the Friedrich
István Friedrich
István Friedrich was a Hungarian politician and factory owner who served as prime minister of Hungary for three months in 1919....
's coup against cabinet of Gyula Peidl
Gyula Peidl
Gyula Peidl was a Hungarian trade union leader and socialist politician who served briefly as the last prime minister and acting head of state of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919....
.