Samu Hazai
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Samu Hazai | |
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| Born | 26 December 1851 Rimaszombat, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 10 February 1942 (aged 90) Budapest, Hungary |
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary |
| Years of service | 1873–1918 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Commands | Forty-sixth Infantry Regiment |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
| Awards | Order of the Iron Crown, Order of Leopold |
Baron Samu Hazai (Template:Lang-de; 26 December 1851 – 10 February 1942) was a Hungarian military officer and politician of Jewish origin, who served as Minister of Defence of Hungary between 1910 and 1917.
Decorations and awards
- Military Merit Medal in bronze (Austria-Hungary, March 1900) - for his services as an instructor.
- Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class (Austria, June 1904) - for his services in the military training
- Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold (Austria, 10 April 1908)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit (Spain, 1909)
- Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class (Prussia, 1910)
- Order of Prince Danilo I, 1st class (Montenegro, 1910)
- Appointment to the Privy Council (December 1910)
- Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class (12 August 1913)
- Military Merit Cross, 1st class with war decoration (Austria-Hungary, 3 February 1915)
- Star of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Red Cross (1915)
- Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class (Prussia, 1915)
- Grand Cross of the Military Merit with Swords (Bavaria, 1915)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold (June 1916); war decoration added on 10 August 1916
- Large Military Merit Medal in Gold (25 November 1916)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg, 1916)
- Grand Cross with swords and golden star of the Albert Order, (Saxony, 1916)
- Order of the Medjidie, 1st class (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
- Gallipoli Star ("Iron Crescent", Ottoman Empire, 1917)
- Imtiyaz Medal in Gold (Ottoman Empire, 1917)
- Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration in diamonds (Austria-Hungary, 12 August 1918)
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Categories:
- Use dmy dates from December 2010
- 1851 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Rimavská Sobota
- Jewish Hungarian politicians
- Hungarian soldiers
- Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I
- Austro-Hungarian Army officers
- Defence ministers of Hungary
- Hungarian Jews
- Grand Crosses of Military Merit
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class
- Grand Crosses of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
- Grand Crosses of the Albert Order
- Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 1st class
- Recipients of the Imtiyaz Medal