József Haubrich Explained

József Haubrich
Order1:Minister of Defence of Hungary
Term Start1:21 March 1919
Term End1:24 June 1919
Predecessor1:Vilmos Böhm
Successor1:Vilmos Böhm
Term Start2:1 August 1919
Term End2:6 August 1919
Predecessor2:Vilmos Böhm
Successor2:Ferenc Schnetzer
Birth Date:1883 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Detta, Hungary
Death Date:1939
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Profession:politician, soldier
Party:MSZDP

József Haubrich (9 November 1883, Deta – 1939) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence twice in 1919. He was one of the leaders of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he was a member of the communist cabinet, military commander of Budapest. After the fall of the communists, he was sentenced to death by the Regency. He got into the Soviet Union with the occasion of a prisoner exchange where he lived as an ironwork worker for the remaining part of his life.

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