Vitéz Jenő Rátz de Nagylak (20 September 1882–1949) was a Hungarian

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 1938. He fought in the First World War. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic

Hungarian Soviet Republic

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 he served in the National Army. From 1 October 1936 he became Chief of Army Staff of the Magyar Honvédség. Béla Imrédy

Béla Imrédy

Béla vitéz Imrédy de Ómoravicza was Prime Minister of Hungary from 1938 to 1939....

 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

Döme Sztójay

Döme Sztójay born Demeter Sztojakovich was a Hungarian soldier and diplomat of Serb origin, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary during World War II.- Biography :...

 he was a minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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 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

Life imprisonment

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. He died in the prison after four years.