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84 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

István Dobi Dobi István Smallholder turned titular head of state Legislature and state representation · Hungary state institutions 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
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
Ferenc Nagy Nagy Ferenc Smallholder premier of Hungary's second republic, forced out by Soviet-backed communists Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1903–1979
Zoltán Vas Vas Zoltán Rákosi-era planning chief who fell from grace and joined Imre Nagy Economy, finance and planning · Hungary state institutions 1903–1983
Mihály Farkas Farkas Mihály Defence minister in Rákosi's ruling foursome Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 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
Rezső Kasztner Kasztner Rezső Zionist lawyer who negotiated with Eichmann to send 1,684 Jews to Switzerland on what became known as the Kasztner train Social movements and organizing 1906–1957
Gábor Péter Péter Gábor Founder of Hungary's secret police, and its prisoner Security, intelligence and policing · Hungary state institutions 1906–1993
Béla Kovács Kovács Béla The Smallholders' general secretary whose Soviet abduction triggered his party's destruction Agriculture and land policy · Hungary state institutions 1908–1959
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 state institutions 1909–1949
István Bibó Bibó István A political thinker who analyzed democracy and the crises of states Scholarship and theory 1911–1979
Ferenc Vida Vida Ferenc A communist judge who enforced political trials Law and justice · Hungary state institutions 1911–1990
János Kádár Kádár János Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals Political and party leadership · Hungary state institutions 1912–1989
Béla Király Király Béla The general and contested witness of 1956 Military command · Hungary state institutions 1912–2009
Ferenc Donáth Donáth Ferenc A politician who linked revolution and reform while carrying the wounds of dictatorship Agriculture and land policy · Hungary state institutions 1913–1986
Géza Losonczy Losonczy Géza A reform communist journalist Ideology and propaganda · Hungary state institutions 1917–1957
József Szilágyi Szilágyi József Refused to cooperate at his show trial: tried separately and hanged two months before Imre Nagy Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1917–1958
Miklós Gimes Gimes Miklós Reform communist journalist executed alongside Imre Nagy Literature and arts · Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP) 1917–1958
Pál Maléter Maléter Pál A soldier caught between negotiation and armed resistance Military command · Hungary state institutions 1917–1958
Balázs Nagy Nagy Balázs The exile historian of workers’ councils Literature and arts 1920–2003
András Hegedüs Hegedüs András A young premier who bore responsibility at the revolution’s threshold Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 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 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
Gyula Horn Horn Gyula Hungarian foreign minister who cut the Iron Curtain, and reform prime minister Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary state institutions 1932–2013
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
Géza Jeszenszky Jeszenszky Géza A historian who carried the memory of 1956 into diplomacy Diplomacy and international organization · Hungary state institutions 1941–
Miklós Németh Németh Miklós Hungary's reform premier who opened a gate in 1989 Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1948–
László Tőkés Tőkés László The Reformed pastor whose attempted eviction in Timișoara sparked the Romanian Revolution Political and party leadership 1952–
Csaba Békés Békés Csaba A historian who placed 1956 within Cold War international politics Scholarship and theory 1957–
Viktor Mihály Orbán Orbán Viktor From anti-communist youth leader in 1989 to architect of 'illiberal democracy' Government and administration · Hungary state institutions 1963–
László Ritter Ritter László An archival historian of Cold War military affairs Scholarship and theory 1977–

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