Vilmos Rőder

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Vilmos Rőder

Born	11 January 1881 (1881-01-11) Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	13 December 1969 (1969-12-14) (aged 88) Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1899–1934
Rank	Colonel General
Battles/wars	World War I

Vilmos Rőder (11 January 1881 – 13 December 1969) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1936 and 1938. He fought in the First World War as Chief of Army Staff of Army Corps. He was the triggering of the army development between 1930 and 1934, but he had a conflict with Prime Minister Gyula Gömbös in connection with these plans, that's why he retired. Later the new Prime Minister Kálmán Darányi appointed him as Minister of Defence. He participated in the planning of the Program of Győr. Rőder resigned along with the other members of the cabinet in 1938. Following this he joined to the group of István Bethlen, which opposed entering World War II.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by József Somkuthy	Minister of Defence 1936–1938	Succeeded by Jenő Rátz

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

Persondata
Name	Roder, Vilmos
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian politician
Date of birth	11 January 1881
Place of birth	Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death	13 December 1969
Place of death	Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary

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