Béla Király
Dr. Béla Király | |
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Király in 1935 | |
| Commander of the National Guard | |
| In office 31 October – 12 November 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Imre Nagy |
| Deputy | Sándor Kopácsi |
| Minister of Defence | Pál Maléter |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 2 May 1990 – 27 June 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 April 1912 Kaposvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 4 July 2009 (aged 97) Budapest, Hungary |
| Resting place | New Public Cemetery Budapest |
| Political party | SZDSZ |
| Alma mater | Ludovica Academy (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Hungary People's Republic of Hungary Hungarian revolutionaries |
| Branch/service | Hungarian army |
| Years of service | 1930–1951 |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Commands | National Guard |
| Battles/wars | |
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| Righteous Among the Nations |
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Dr. Béla Király (14 April 1912 – 4 July 2009) was a Hungarian army officer before, during, and after World War II. After the war, he was sentenced to death under the Soviet-allied regime, but was later released. After his release, he commanded the National Guard in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. He then fled to the United States, where he became an academic historian. He returned to Hungary after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc and was elected a member of Hungarian Parliament.