made prime minister instead. Imrédy became Sztójay's Minister of Economic Coordination in May 1944, but he was forced to resign in August. After German forces were driven out of Hungary, Imrédy was arrested and tried by a People's Tribunal in November 1945. Found guilty of war crimes and collaboration with the Nazis, he was sentenced to death and executed by a firing squad in the courtyard of the jail in Markó street, Budapest, in 1946. References Magyar életrajzi lexikon Életrajz SZTE Egyetemi Könyvtár Hadtörténeti gyűjtemény Az ezenanapon.hu összefoglalója Az Imrédy-kormány belpolitikája Az Imrédy-kormány külpolitikája Fotó Imrédy Béláról A kivégzés előtti percekben (Pincus Lauder) Markó Gergely: Imrédy Béla Imrédy Béla csodás forradalma mult-kor.hu External links 1891 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Budapest Executed prime ministers Hungarian fascists Hungarian Nazis Hungarian nobility Prime Ministers of Hungary Foreign ministers of Hungary Finance ministers of Hungary Governors of the Hungarian National Bank Hungarian people of World War II Hungarian people of Jewish descent Executed Hungarian collaborators with Nazi Germany People executed by Hungary by firing squad Hungarian anti-communists Heads of government convicted of war crimes Heads of government who were later imprisoned Unity Party (Hungary) politicians