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Gábor Vajna
Interior Minister of Hungary
In office
16 October 1944 – 27 March 1945
Preceded byPéter Schell
Succeeded byFerenc Erdei
Personal details
Born(1891-11-04)November 4, 1891
Kézdivásárhely, Hungary
Died12 March 1946(1946-03-12) (aged 54)
Budapest, Hungary
Political partyArrow Cross Party
Professionpolitician
Ministers of the Arrow Cross Party government. Gábor Vajna is in the third from left of the upper row.

Gábor Vajna (4 November 1891 – 12 March 1946) was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister between 1944 and 1945. He made lot of orders against the Jews. After the fall of Budapest he tried to escape into Western Europe but the arrival 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. Vajna was hanged in 1946 in Budapest (on the same day, than Ferenc Szálasi).

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Political offices
Preceded by Interior Minister of Hungary
1944–1945
Succeeded by