Gábor_Kemény_(politician,_1910–1946)

Gábor Kemény (politician, 1910–1946)

Gábor Kemény (politician, 1910–1946)

Hungarian politician

Baron Gábor Kemény (14 December 1910 – 19 March 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of National Unity led by Szálasi[1] between 1944 and 1945. He prevented the diplomatic protests against the terror. After the fall of Budapest he tried to escape into Western Europe, but the arriving American troops captured him with other members of the Arrow Cross Party's government. He was tried by the People's Tribunal in Budapest in open sessions and sentenced to death for war crimes and high treason. Kemény was hanged in 1946 in Budapest. He was the youngest member of that Government.

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The native form of this personal name is báró Kemény Gábor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ministers of the Arrow Cross Party government. Gábor Kemény is in the second from left of the lower row.

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    Thomas Streissguth (2001). Raoul Wallenberg: Swedish Diplomat and Humanitarian. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8239-3318-1.
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