Years of service 1911-1946 | Name Janos Voros | |
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Born 25 March 1891
Csabrendek, Veszprem County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary ( 1891-03-25 ) Died 23 July 1968 (1968-07-24) (aged 77)
Balatonfured, Veszprem County, Hungarian People\'s Republic Allegiance Austria-Hungary (to 1918)
Kingdom of Hungary Service/branch Austro-Hungarian Army
Royal Hungarian Army Rank Vezerezredes (Colonel General) Unit 7th Field Artillery Regiment, Army corps Szombathely, Second Motorist Brigade, Second Corps Szekesfehervar | ||
Spark Award 2016: Janos Vörös
János Vörös (25 March 1891 – 23 July 1968) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in the unofficial Interim National Government which led by Béla Miklós. He fought in the First World War at the Eastern Front and the Italian Campaign. He was appointed as Chief of Army Staff on 19 March 1944, when the Nazis occupied Hungary. Later he joined to the Red Army which arrived to Hungary's eastern border.
He was the signer of the Moscow armistice convention as one of the members of the Interim Government delegation. In 1946 he was retired by them his own request. During his 58th birthday (1949) he was arrested with the charge of spying by the military investigation service. The Military Courthouse sentenced to life imprisonment him in 1950. Vörös left the prison in 1956 after that he lived desolately and poorly.