Károly Soós (Minister of Defence)

Károly Soós
Born	(1869-07-28)28 July 1869 Nagyszeben, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	24 June 1953(1953-06-24) (aged 83) Steinfort, Luxembourg
Allegiance	Austria-Hungary  Kingdom of Hungary
Years of service	1890–1922
Rank	General
Unit	Fourth Austro-Hungarian Army, Thirty-third Pawn Brigade, Eleventh Austro-Hungarian Army
Battles / wars	World War I
Awards	Order of Leopold, Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Medal

The native form of this personal name is Vitéz bádoki Soós Károly. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Vitéz Károly Soós de Bádok (28 July 1869 – 24 June 1953) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence in 1920. He participated in the working of revolutionary counter-government organizations on Szeged against the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Soós became the first Chief of Army Staff of the National Army.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
• Rövid életrajza

Political offices
Preceded by István Friedrich	Minister of Defence 1920	Succeeded by István Sréter