Years of service 1899–1934 Battles/wars World War I | Rank Colonel General Name Vilmos Roder | |
Born 11 January 1881
Pecs, Kingdom of Hungary ( 1881-01-11 ) Died 13 December 1969 (1969-12-14) (aged 88)
Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary Allegiance Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary | ||
Vilmos Roder (11 January 1881 – 13 December 1969) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1936 and 1938. He fought in the First World War as Chief of Army Staff of Army Corps. He was the triggering of the army development between 1930 and 1934, but he had a conflict with Prime Minister Gyula Gombos in connection with these plans, that's why he retired. Later the new Prime Minister Kalman Daranyi appointed him as Minister of Defence. He participated in the planning of the Program of Gyor. Roder resigned along with the other members of the cabinet in 1938. Following this he joined to the group of Istvan Bethlen, which opposed entering World War II.
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