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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 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
József Révai Révai József Overseer of culture in the Rákosi era Ideology and propaganda · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1898–1959
István Dobi Dobi István Smallholder turned titular head of state Legislature and state representation · Hungary 1898–1968
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 1912–1989
András Hegedüs Hegedüs András A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold Government and administration · Hungary 1922–1999
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 1933–2016