This article is about the Minister of Defence. For the other uses see Gedeon Ráday.

Count Gedeon Ráday de Ráda (4 May 1841 – 26 December 1883) was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 soldier and politician, who served as Minister of Defence from 1882 until his death. As a soldier he took part in the Second Italian War of Independence

Second Italian War of Independence

The Second War of Italian Independence, Franco-Austrian War, Austro-Sardinian War, or Austro-Piedmontese War , was fought by Napoleon III of France and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859...

 and the Austro-Prussian War

Austro-Prussian War

The Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...

. He also fought in the Battle of Königgrätz

Battle of Königgrätz

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. Between 1862 and 1865 he was the adjutant of Emperor

Emperor of Austria

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 Franz Joseph

Franz Joseph I of Austria

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. From 1875 Ráday was a representative of the Independent Party but later joined to the Liberal Party. After the unexpected death of Béla Szende

Béla Szende

Béla Szende de Keresztes was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Defence from 15 December 1872 until his death.As a soldier he took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

 he was appointed as Minister of Defence, but similarly to his predecessor Ráday also died under his office holding. His son was Gedeon VII Ráday

Gedeon Ráday (Interior Minister)

Count Gedeon Ráday de Ráda was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in 1921. His parents were Gedeon Ráday, a former Minister of Defence of Hungary, and Philippine von Pergen.-References:*...

who became Interior Minister during the Regency.