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Béla Szántó

Béla Szántó (born as Béla Schreiber, 1881–1951) was a Hungarian Communist politician active in the Hungarian Revolution of 1919 who later became a critic of the Communist party as led by Béla Kun.Szántó joined the Communist Party of Hungary at age 19, and was elected to the Central Committee in 1919.In the Hungarian Soviet Republic he served as People's Commissar for Defence.