Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer

Hungarian politician

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1881

Place of Birth: PĂ©cs, Baranya County, Hungary

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1948

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer

  • Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer (18 February 1881 – 3 March 1948) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician.
  • He was an advisor of the PĂ©csi TakarĂ©kpĂ©nztár Rt.
  • / PĂ©cs Savings Bank Corp.
  • He was the prefect of Baranya County 1921–1931, and the prefect of Somogy County 1925–1931 and was appointed as Interior Minister of Hungary twice; between 1931–1935 and 1938–1944.
  • He controlled the police terror against both the left and right wing political movements.
  • In a secret directive he ordered the collection of Press articles.(?) On 12 September 1938, he allowed the OMIKE to increase its activities.
  • During the Second World War he was an active supporter of the Regent, Admiral MiklĂłs Horthy.
  • After the death of Pál Teleki (3 April 1941) Keresztes-Fischer became acting Prime Minister on that day.
  • One year later, On March 7, 1942, Bárdossy the prime minister was forced to resign suddenly by Regent Horthy and as Minister of the Interior, Ferenc-Keresztes was the interim Prime Minister until 9 March, when MiklĂłs Kállay was appointed to this position.He joined the Bethlen-Kállay political conservatives, which wanted to establish contacts with the Allies to negotiate Hungary's treatment after the war.
  • After the March 1944 occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp and then exiled to Austria. His younger brother was Lajos Keresztes-Fischer, a Hungarian military officer who served as Chief of General Staff in 1938.
  • He was also arrested after Ferenc Szálasi's coup.

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