Gábor Kemény | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary | |
In office 16 October 1944 – 27 March 1945 |
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Preceded by | Gusztáv Hennyey |
Succeeded by | János Gyöngyösi |
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Born | December 14, 1910 Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 19 March 1946 Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic |
(aged 35)
Political party | Arrow Cross Party |
Profession | politician |
Baron Gábor Kemény (14 December 1910 – 19 March 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs[1] between 1944 and 1945. He prevented the diplomatic protests against the terror. After the fall of Budapest he tried to escape into Western Europe but the arrival American troops captured him with other members of the Arrow Cross Party's government. He was tried by the People's Tribunal in Budapest in open sessions and sentenced to death for war crimes and high treason. Kemény was hanged in 1946 in Budapest.
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Preceded by Gusztáv Hennyey |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1944–1945 |
Succeeded by János Gyöngyösi |
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