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Jenő Landler Landler Jenő Labour lawyer turned Communist who was interior commissar and a Red Army commander in the Hungarian Soviet Republic Government and administration · Hungary 1875–1928
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
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 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
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
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
Zoltán Vas Vas Zoltán Rákosi-era planning chief who fell from grace and joined Imre Nagy Economy, finance and planning · Hungary 1903–1983
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
Ferenc Vida Vida Ferenc A communist judge who enforced political trials Law and justice · Hungary 1911–1990
János Kádár Kádár János Architect of 'goulash communism', enforcer of the 1956 reprisals Political and party leadership · Hungary 1912–1989
Ferenc Donáth Donáth Ferenc A politician who linked revolution and reform while carrying the wounds of dictatorship Agriculture and land policy · Hungary 1913–1986
Géza Losonczy Losonczy Géza A reform communist journalist Ideology and propaganda · Hungary 1917–1957
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