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= Hugó Sónyi[edit] = ''The native form of this personal name is Sónyi Hugó. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.''

Hugó Sónyi (Wölkersdorf 2 March, 1883 - 7 June, 1958 Ratingen) was a Hungarian military officer who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Hungarian Army. He was a member of the Upper House of the Hungarian Parliament, and the Captain General of the Hungarian Order of Vitéz

Biography[edit]
Hugó Sónyi was born on March 2, 1883 in Wölkersdorf. His original name was Solarcz, he changed his name in 1934 to Sónyi

Education and Military Service[edit]
Hugó began his military studies in 1897 at the Prodi Military School in Budapest. He graduated in 1900 and then began his service in Imperial and Royal 4th Bosnian Regiment. In 1906 he attended the Imperial and Royal Military Academy in Vienna and graduated in 1909. He subsequently joined WW1 as a member of the Corps' General Staff and served first on the Serbian and Italian battlefields, and then later in Albania and Macedonia.

During the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he was commander of the 29th Brigade in the victorious campaign against the Czechs. After the revolutions and the reorganization of the army, he was appointed to the Ministry of Defense where he headed the presidential department between 1925 and 1929. On November 1, 1927 he was promoted to the rank of General. From November 1, 1929 through May 1, 1933 he was the infantry commander of the 1st Joint Brigade, and later the head of administration and commander of the city of Budapest. On May 1, 1934 he was appointed commander of the 7th Joint Brigade.

From September 1936 to March 1940 he was the commander-in-chief of the Royal Hungarian Army.

His name is associated with the strong development of the Armed Forces (Huba order) and the liberation of the Highlands and Transcarpathia

In 1939 Hugó Sónyi was awarded a seat in the Upper House of Hungarian Parliament.

Orders and Military Decorations[edit]
Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary

Hungarian Grand Crowned Gold Medal

Knight Grand Cross Order of St. Sylvester (1 May, 1939)

Captain General, Order of Vitéz (1958)

In Exile[edit]
He left for West Germany in 1944

He died in Ratingen, West Germany on June 7, 1958