Miklós Bonczos Explained

Miklós Bonczos
Order:	Minister of the Interior
Term Start:	7 August 1944
Term End:	9 September 1944
Predecessor:	Andor Jaross
Successor:	Péter Schell
Birth Date:	16 September 1897
Birth Place:	Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary (today Salonta, Romania)
Death Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Profession:	politician
Party:	Party of Hungarian Life, Party of National Unity

Miklós Bonczos (Nagyszalonta, Hungary 16 September 1897 - Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 August 1971) was a Hungarian politician.

1915: Graduated Ludovika military academy in 1915.
1919: Awarded the Order of Vitéz for distinguished services in World War I.
1925: Graduated Budapest University's Law School.
1937: Csongrád county head.
1939-1944: Member of the Parliament.
17 August 1944 – 9 September 1944: Minister of the Interior for the Géza Lakatos administration. Due to health problems, could not fulfill his duties. Béla Horváth was appointed acting interior minister as state secretary on 9 September.

Bonczos left Hungary before the Soviet troops captured Budapest. He later emigrated to Argentina, where he died.

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