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GlossaryHungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP)

Ferenc Münnich Münnich Ferenc Hungarian communist who backed Soviet intervention with Kádár in 1956 and became prime minister after the revolution was crushed Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1886–1967
Mátyás Rákosi Rákosi Mátyás Architect of Hungary's Sovietization who built one-party rule through 'salami tactics' Political and party leadership · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1892–1971
Imre Nagy Nagy Imre Premier for thirteen days Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1896–1958
József Révai Révai József Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era Ideology and propaganda · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1898–1959
Ernő Gerő Gerő Ernő Hungary's last Stalinist First Secretary; his three months in power ignited the revolution Political and party leadership · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1898–1980
János Kádár Kádár János Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions 1912–1989
Sándor Kopácsi Kopácsi Sándor A police chief who stood between state orders and guns aimed at the people Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions 1922–2001
Rezső Nyers Nyers Rezső A party leader who pushed market reform within socialism Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions 1923–2018
Károly Grósz Grósz Károly Hungary's last old-guard party chief, caught between reform and retreat and overtaken by both Political and party leadership · Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSzMP) 1930–1996
Imre Pozsgay Pozsgay Imre The reformist Politburo member who called 1956 a 'popular uprising' and dismantled his own party's orthodoxy Ideology and propaganda · Hungary state institutions 1933–2016
Miklós Németh Németh Miklós Hungary's reform premier who opened a gate in 1989 Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1948–