István Bethlen
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Count István Bethlen de Bethlen was a Hungarian aristocrat and statesman and served as prime minister from 1921 to 1931.
Bethlen István 1930s
Bethlen standing on the left in Paris 1923 during negotiations for a loan to Hungary.
Bethlen and the Hungarian delegation in the Hague
Bethlen sitting on the right with his long-time rival Gömbös on the left, 1932
Gyula Gömbös
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Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary from 1932 until his death in 1936.
István Bethlen
…shifted Hungarian politics to the extreme right, and Horthy replaced Bethlen with Count Gyula Károlyi de Nagykároly, which was followed quickly by Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa, a noted fascist and antisemite. Gömbös had been the principle organiser of the National Army founded in Szeged to fight the Hungarian Soviet Republic…
Gömbös in full regalia
Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gömbös stand together on the cover of a 1934 magazine.