Jenő Rátz

Vitéz Jenő Rátz de Nagylak (20 September 1882 – 1949) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1938.

Jenő Rátz
Born	(1882-09-20)20 September 1882 Nagybecskerek, Austria-Hungary (today Zrenjanin, Serbia)
Died	1949 (1950) (aged 66) Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary  Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1904–1945
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	World War I

He fought in the First World War. During the Hungarian Soviet Republic he served in the National Army. From 1 October 1936 he became Chief of the General Staff of the Royal Hungarian Army (Magyar Királyi Honvédség). Béla Imrédy appointed him as Minister of Defence. After that he was a representative in the House of Representatives of Hungary. During the cabinet of Döme Sztójay he was a minister without portfolio and Deputy Prime Minister. On that score, after the war the People's Tribune sentenced to death but later the judgement was changed: Rátz was sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in the prison after four years.