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Aurél Stromfeld Stromfeld Aurél Professional officer who as chief of staff of the Hungarian Red Army directed the northern campaign of 1919 Military command · Hungary 1878–1927
György Lukács Lukács György Founder of Western Marxism: the Hungarian thinker who reoriented 20th-century Marxist philosophy with History and Class Consciousness Scholarship and theory · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1885–1971
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 1886–1967
Tibor Szamuely Szamuely Tibor Communist deputy war commissar of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and a leading figure of its Red Terror Military command · Hungary 1890–1919
József Cserny Cserny József Communist paramilitary commander who led the Lenin Boys and was a leading participant in the Red Terror of 1919 Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1892–1919
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
Ottó Korvin Korvin Ottó Communist who ran the political police of the Hungarian Soviet Republic as head of its political investigation department Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1894–1919
Imre Nagy Nagy Imre Premier for thirteen days Government and administration · Hungary 1896–1958
Imre Sallai Sallai Imre Hungarian Communist leader hanged in 1932 under the summary jurisdiction proclaimed after the Biatorbágy bombing Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1897–1932
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
Sándor Fürst Fürst Sándor Member of the Hungarian Communist leadership hanged with Imre Sallai after a summary trial that used the Biatorbágy bombing as a pretext Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1903–1932
Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome Government and administration · Hungary 1904–1965
Zoltán Schönherz Schönherz Zoltán Underground Communist leader who organised anti-war demonstrations through the Independence Committee and was executed in 1942 Social movements and organizing · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1905–1942
Ferenc Rózsa Rózsa Ferenc Communist who was the first editor of the underground Szabad Nép and died in custody after his arrest in 1942 Ideology and propaganda · Party of Communists in Hungary (KMP) 1906–1942
Gábor Péter Péter Gábor Founder of Hungary's secret police, and its prisoner Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1906–1993
László Rajk Rajk László Interior minister who built the ÁVH secret police, then fell as the first major victim of Stalinist show trials in Eastern Europe Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1909–1949
János Kádár Kádár János Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals Political and party leadership · Hungary 1912–1989
Béla Király Király Béla The general and contested witness of 1956 Military command · Hungary 1912–2009
Géza Losonczy Losonczy Géza A reform communist journalist Ideology and propaganda · Hungary 1917–1957
Pál Maléter Maléter Pál A soldier caught between negotiation and armed resistance Military command · Hungary 1917–1958
András Hegedüs Hegedüs András A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold Government and administration · Hungary 1922–1999
Sándor Kopácsi Kopácsi Sándor A police chief who stood between state orders and guns aimed at the people Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary 1922–2001
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