Lajos Aulich

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Lajos Aulich
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Date of birth August 25, 1793
Date of death October 6, 1849
Birthplace Pozsony
Political positions
  • Minister of War, Hungary (1849)

Lajos Aulich (1793, PozsonyOctober 6, 1849, Arad) was the second Minister of War of Hungary.

A professional soldier and lieutenant colonel in the Austrian army, he fought against Habsburg pressure. He was executed after the failure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He became a honvéd colonel on October 24, 1848, and was named General at Kápolna. He was a strict disciplinarian: when Kossuth sent him requests, he answered: "please work through Görgey." He suffered from gout, and relieved of field duty, he was appointed Minister of War on July 14, 1849 and executed less than three months later.

Preceded by:
Lázár Mészáros
Ministers of War in Hungary Succeeded by:
(Last office holder)
Julius Jacob von Haynau
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