Béla Miklós
| Vitéz Béla Miklós de Dálnok | |
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| Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Hungary | |
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In office 22 December 1944 (officially 28 March 1945) – 15 November 1945 |
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| Leader | High National Council |
| Preceded by |
Ferenc Szálasi (Arrow Cross regime) |
| Succeeded by | Zoltán Tildy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 June 1890 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 21 November 1948 (aged 58) Budapest, Hungary |
| Political party | Hungarian Independence Party |
| Profession | Soldier, politician |
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| Allegiance |
 Austria-Hungary Kingdom of Hungary
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| Service/branch |
Austro-Hungarian Army Royal Hungarian Army |
| Years of service | 1907–1918; 1919–1945 |
| Rank | Colonel General |
| Commands | IX Corps First Army |
Béla Miklós de Dálnok, Vitéz of Dálnok (11 June 1890 – 21 November 1948) was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as acting Prime Minister of Hungary, at first in opposition, and then officially, from 1944 to 1945. He was the last Prime Minister of war-time Hungary.
Béla Miklós was born into a Székely primipilus family in Budapest on 11 June 1890. His parents were Gergely Miklós de Dálnok and Janka Traviczky. Miklós used the title of dálnoki after Dálnok, Transylvania (today Dalnic, part of Romania), where his father worked as a teacher. Béla Miklós married Éva Csákány.
He finished secondary studies at the Honvéd Principal Gymnasium of Sopron in 1907. After graduating from Ludovica Military Academy in 1910, he was promoted to Hussar Lieutenant. He participated in the First World War. Returning home, he became a member of the Sopron military command. He graduated from General Staff College between 1920 and 1921, after that he worked in the Ministry of Defence. He was awarded Order of Vitéz by Regent Miklós Horthy in 1929. In that same year he became Deputy Chief of the Regent's Military Office.
Miklós was briefly chief of military intelligence until he was appointed military attaché to Berlin and between 1933 and 1936, eventually coming to lead his own regiment. After rising from regimental to corps command, he became military director of the office of Admiral Miklós Horthy, regent of Hungary, in October 1942. He was promoted to Colonel General in 1943.
Miklós became commanding general of the Hungarian First Army from 1 August 1944 and he supported leaving the Axis powers and joining the Red Army. On 16 October 1944, Miklós was ordered to appear at the headquarters of German General Heinrici. Suspicious of an eventual arrest, he defected through the Hungarian front with one of his aides and two sergeants. He approached the Soviet forces. After some apprehension, they escorted Miklós to Lisko, near Przemyśl. This was the location of the Soviet general headquarters.
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