János Vörös

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The native form of this personal name is Vörös János. This article uses the Western name order.

János Vörös

Born	25 March 1891 (1891-03-25) Csabrendek, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	23 July 1968 (1968-07-24) (aged 77) Balatonfüred, Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Hungary
Rank	General
Unit	Seventh Home Defence Artillery Group, Legion of Szombathely, Second Motorist Brigade, Second Legion of Székesfehérvár
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

János Vörös (25 March 1891 – 23 July 1968) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in the unofficial Interim National Government which led by Béla Miklós. He fought in the First World War at the Eastern Front and the Italian Campaign. He was appointed as Chief of Army Staff on 19 March 1944, when the Nazis occupied Hungary. Later he joined to the Red Army which arrived to Hungary's eastern border.

He was the signer of the Moscow armistice convention as one of the members of the Interim Government delegation. In 1946 he was retired by them his own request. During his 58th birthday (1949) he was arrested with the charge of spying by the military investigation service. The Military Courthouse sentenced to life imprisonment him in 1950. Vörös left the prison in 1956 after that he lived desolately and poorly.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Károly Beregfy	Minister of Defence 1944–1945	Succeeded by Jenő Tombor
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel-General Ferenc Szombathelyi	Chief of the General Staff 20 April 1944 – 16 October 1944	Succeeded by Colonel-General Károly Beregfy
Preceded by Colonel-General Károly Beregfy	Chief of the General Staff 15 November 1945 – 1 September 1946	Succeeded by Vacant

v t e Ministers of Defence of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Batthyány Mészáros Görgey Aulich

Kingdom of Hungary	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Szende Ráday Orczy Fejérváry Kolossváry Nyiri Bihar Wekerle Jekelfalussy Hazai Szurmay

Transition period	Linder A. Bartha Festetics Böhm Haubrich Böhm (opposed by Z. Szabó Horthy) Haubrich Schnetzer Friedrich

Regency	Soós Sréter Belitska Csáky Gömbös Kozma Somkuthy Rőder Rátz K. Bartha V. Nagy Csatay

Transition period	Beregfy Vörös Tombor F. Nagy A. Bartha Dinnyés Veres

Communist Hungary	Farkas Bata Janza Maléter Münnich Révész Czinege Oláh Kárpáti

Republic of Hungary	Für Keleti J. Szabó Juhász Szekeres Hende

Authority control	VIAF: 100454893 ISNI: 0000 0000 8008 5083

Persondata
Name	Vörös, János
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian politician
Date of birth	25 March 1891
Place of birth	Csabrendek, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death	23 July 1968
Place of death	Balatonfüred, Hungary

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