People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Imre Nagy Nagy Imre
Premier for thirteen days
Government and administration · Hungary
1896–1958
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József Szilágyi Szilágyi József
Refused to cooperate at his show trial: tried separately and hanged two months before Imre Nagy
Government and administration · Hungary
1917–1958
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Pál Maléter Maléter Pál
A soldier caught between negotiation and armed resistance
Military command · Hungary
1917–1958
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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
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Rezső Nyers Nyers Rezső
A party leader who pushed market reform within socialism
Political and party leadership · Hungary
1923–2018
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Gyula Horn Horn Gyula
Hungarian foreign minister who cut the Iron Curtain, and reform prime minister
Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary
1932–2013
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Miklós Németh Németh Miklós
Hungary's reform premier who opened a gate in 1989
Government and administration · Hungary
1948–