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.