Gedeon Ráday (Minister of Defence)

Gedeon Ráday

Born	4 May 1841 (1841-05-04) Pécel, Kingdom of Hungary
Died	26 December 1883 (1883-12-27) (aged 42) Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Allegiance	Austrian Empire (to 1867) Kingdom of Hungary (to 1867) Austria-Hungary
Battles/wars	Second Italian War of Independence Austro-Prussian War Battle of Königgrätz
Relations	Gedeon Ráday

This article is about the Minister of Defence. For the other uses see Gedeon Ráday (disambiguation).

The native form of this personal name is rádai gróf Ráday Gedeon. This article uses the Western name order.

Count Gedeon Ráday de Ráda (4 May 1841 – 26 December 1883) was a Hungarian soldier and politician, who served as Minister of Defence from 1882 until his death. As a soldier he took part in the Second Italian War of Independence and the Austro-Prussian War. He also fought in the Battle of Königgrätz. Between 1862 and 1865 he was the adjutant of Emperor Franz Joseph. From 1875 Ráday was a representative of the Independent Party but later joined to the Liberal Party. After the unexpected death of Béla Szende he was appointed as Minister of Defence, but similarly to his predecessor Ráday also died under his office holding. His son was Gedeon VII Ráday who became Interior Minister during the Regency.

References

Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon

Political offices
Preceded by Béla Szende	Minister of Defence 1882–1883	Succeeded by Béla Orczy

Ministers of Defence of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Batthyány Mészáros Görgey Aulich

Kingdom of Hungary	Andrássy Lónyay Szlávy Szende Ráday Orczy Fejérváry Kolossváry Nyiri Bihar Pap Wekerle Jekelfalussy Hazai Szurmay

Transition period	Linder A. Bartha Festetics Böhm Haubrich Böhm (opposed by Z. Szabó Horthy Belitska) Schnetzer Friedrich

Regency	Soós Sréter Belitska Csáky Gömbös Kozma Somkuthy Rőder Rátz K. Bartha V. Nagy Csatay

Transition period	Beregfy Vörös Tombor F. Nagy A. Bartha Dinnyés Veres

Communist Hungary	Farkas Bata Janza Maléter Münnich Révész Czinege Oláh Kárpáti

Republic of Hungary	Für Keleti J. Szabó Juhász Szekeres Hende Simicskó

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