Miklós Bonczos

The native form of this personal name is Bonczos Miklós. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Miklós Bonczos
Milkós c. 1930
Minister of the Interior
In office 7 August 1944 – 9 September 1944
Preceded by	Andor Jaross
Succeeded by	Péter Schell
Personal details
Born	(1897-09-16)16 September 1897 Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary (today Salonta, Romania)
Died	1 August 1971(1971-08-01) (aged 73) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Party of Hungarian Life, Party of National Unity
Profession	politician

Miklós Bonczos (Nagyszalonta, Hungary 16 September 1897 – Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 August 1971) was a Hungarian politician.

• 1915: Graduated Ludovika military academy in 1915.
• 1919: Awarded the Order of Vitéz for distinguished services in World War I.
• 1925: Graduated Budapest University's Law School.
• 1937: Csongrád county head.
• 1939-1944: Member of the Parliament.
• 17 August 1944 – 9 September 1944: Minister of the Interior for the Géza Lakatos administration. Due to health problems, could not fulfill his duties. Béla Horváth was appointed acting interior minister as state secretary on 9 September.

Bonczos left Hungary before the Soviet troops captured Budapest. He later emigrated to Argentina, where he died.

References

• Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon