Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi | |
Order: | Minister of Justice of Hungary |
Term Start: | 19 July 1920 |
Term End: | 16 June 1922 |
Predecessor: | Gyula Ferdinandy |
Successor: | Géza Daruváry |
Order2: | Minister of the Interior of Hungary |
Term Start2: | 19 February 1921 |
Term End2: | 14 April 1921 |
Predecessor2: | Gyula Ferdinandy |
Successor2: | Gedeon Ráday |
Order3: | Regent's Commissioner of the Governorate of Subcarpathia |
Term Start3: | 5 January 1942 |
Term End3: | 10 May 1944 |
Predecessor3: | Miklós Kozma |
Successor3: | András Vincze |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1880 |
Birth Place: | Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic |
Profession: | jurist, politician |
Party: | Smallholders' Party |
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]