Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi
Hungarian politician (1880–1959)
Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi | |
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Minister of Justice of Hungary | |
In office 19 July 1920 – 16 June 1922 | |
Preceded by | Gyula Ferdinandy |
Succeeded by | Géza Daruváry |
Minister of the Interior of Hungary | |
In office 19 February 1921 – 14 April 1921 | |
Preceded by | Gyula Ferdinandy |
Succeeded by | Gedeon Ráday |
Regent's Commissioner of the Governorate of Subcarpathia | |
In office 5 January 1942 – 10 May 1944 | |
Preceded by | Miklós Kozma |
Succeeded by | András Vincze |
Personal details | |
Born | (1880-02-08)February 8, 1880 Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 7 May 1959(1959-05-07) (aged 79) Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic |
Political party | Smallholders' Party |
Profession | jurist, politician |
Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (8 February 1880 in Budapest – 7 May 1959) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1921. He was the governor of the Governorate of Subcarpathia (Kárpátaljai Kormányzóság) between 1942 and 1944. In May 1944, it was reported that Tomcsányi was arrested and sent to a concentration camp by the authorities for protesting the anti-Jewish measures and legislation taken by the Nazi-collaborating government.[1]
References
- ^ "Former Hungarian Minister of Justice Arrested for Protesting Anti-jewish Measures". 8 May 1944.
- Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
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Preceded by Gyula Ferdinandy | Minister of Justice 1920–1922 | Succeeded by |
Minister of the Interior 1921 | Succeeded by Gedeon Ráday | |
Preceded by | Regent's Commissioner of Subcarpathia 1942–1944 | Succeeded by András Vincze |
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