Vilmos Tkálecz (Slovene: Vilmoš Tkalec; January 8, 1894 – May 27, 1950) was a Hungarian-Slovenian schoolmaster and politician who served as governor of the short-lived Republic of Prekmurje in summer 1919. Tkálecz was born on January 8, 1894, in Turnišče, Prekmurje, in Zala County of the Kingdom of Hungary. His father István Tkálecz was an innkeeper, and his mother was Mária Hochhoffer, who was of German descent. In 1917, he enlisted in the army and was sent to Russia. After World War I, he worked as a schoolteacher in Črenšovci (Hungarian: Cserföld), near Lendava. Under the Hungarian Soviet R
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