József Somkuthy

{{Short description|Hungarian military officer and politician}}

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|name= József Somkuthy

|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1883|04|20}}

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1961|10|18|1883|04|20}}

|birth_place=Folt, Kingdom of Hungary

|death_place=Washington, D.C., United States

|image=Somkuthy József, Pesti Hírlap Képes melléklete, 1935.jpg

|caption=Somkuthy in 1935

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|allegiance={{flag|Austria-Hungary}}
{{flag|Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)|name=Kingdom of Hungary}}

|serviceyears=1903–1936

|rank=Colonel General

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|battles=World War I

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József Somkuthy (20 April 1883 – 18 October 1961) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence for a month in 1936. From 1935 he was the Chief of Army Staff. After the death of Gyula Gömbös he resigned along with the whole members of the cabinet. He was retired. He emigrated to the United States in 1950, settling in Washington, D.C.