How to Pronounce Béla Szántó
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Feb 01, 1881 Homokkomárom, Zala County, Hungary Died on 01 Jun 1951 (aged 70)
Hungarian politician
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About Béla Szántó
- Béla Szántó (born as Béla Schreiber, 1881–1951) was a Hungarian Communist politician active in the Hungarian Revolution of 1919 who later became a critic of the Communist party as led by Béla Kun. Szántó joined the Communist Party of Hungary at age 19, and was elected to the Central Committee in 1919.
- In the Hungarian Soviet Republic he served as People's Commissar for Defence.
- After the revolution collapsed, Szántó fled first to Vienna and then to Moscow.
- He played an active role in the ECCI, VKP and Profintern.In 1930 Szántó published a history of the Hungarian revolution, in which he criticized the actions of Béla Kun, the central leader of the Hungarian communists.
- This caused hostile relations between Szántó and Kun.
- With Soviet support, Kun was ousted from the Hungarian party leadership, but Szántó was also targeted, being expelled from the Communist Party and for a time arrested.
- He was rehabilitated in 1940, and in 1945 returned to Hungary.
