Péter Veres (politician)

{{short description|Hungarian politician and writer}}

{{Hungarian name|Veres Péter}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Péter Veres

| image = Veres Péter fortepan 78902 kozeli.jpg

| order = Minister of Defence of Hungary

| primeminister = Lajos Dinnyés

| term_start = 24 September 1947

| term_end = 9 September 1948

| president =

| predecessor = Lajos Dinnyés

| successor = Mihály Farkas

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1897|01|06}}

| birth_place = Balmazújváros, Hajdú County, Kingdom of Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|04|16|1897|01|06|df=y}}

| death_place = Budapest, Hungary

| nationality = Hungarian

| profession = writer, politician

| party = Hungarian Social Democratic Party{{br}}National Peasant Party{{br}}Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

| spouse = Julianna Nádasdi

| children = 5

}}

Péter Veres (6 January 1897 – 16 April 1970) was a Hungarian politician and writer, who served as Minister of Defence from 1947 to 1948.