Ödön Mikecz

Ödön Mikecz
Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office
9 March 1938 – 15 November 1938
Preceded byAndor Lázár
Succeeded byAndrás Tasnádi Nagy
Personal details
Born(1894-05-27)May 27, 1894
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died21 January 1965(1965-01-21) (aged 70)
Budapest, People's Republic of Hungary
Political partyParty of National Unity
Professionpolitician, jurist

Ödön Mikecz (27 May 1894 - 21 January 1965) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice in 1938. He finished his law studies at the University of Budapest and in Zürich. He worked as a lawyer in Nyíregyháza from 1923. In 1935 he served as press chief of Prime Minister Gyula Gömbös, in the next year as State Secretary of the Interior. Kálmán Darányi appointed justice minister on 9 March 1938. After that he left the party. He became a member of the House of Magnates in 1940. During the cabinets of Döme Sztójay and Géza Lakatos he criticized the Nazis' steps.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1938
Succeeded by