Lajos Aulich

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Lajos Aulich
Date of birth	August 25, 1793
Date of death	October 6, 1849
Birthplace	Pozsony
Political positions	Minister of War, Hungary (1849)

Lajos Aulich (1793, Pozsony – October 6, 1849, Arad) was the second Minister of War of Hungary.

A professional soldier and lieutenant colonel in the Austrian army, he fought against Habsburg pressure.

At them time of the War of Hungarian Independence (1848-1849) during the Great Spring Expedition Kistarcsa, Aulich commanded an army, who gathered, and prepared for the Great Battle of Isaszeg.

He became a honvéd colonel on October 24, 1848, and was named General at Kápolna. He was a strict disciplinarian: when Lajos Kossuth sent him requests, he answered: "please work through Görgey." He suffered from gout, and relieved of field duty, he was appointed Minister of War on July 14, 1849 and executed less than three months later.

Political offices
Preceded by Lázár Mészáros	Ministers of War in Hungary 1849	Succeeded by (Last office holder) Julius Jacob von Haynau