Imre Nagy

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Imre Nagy [ˈimrɛ nɒɟ] (7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who was appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People’s Republic of Hungary on two occasions. Nagy’s second term ended when his non-Soviet-backed government was brought down by Soviet invasion in the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956 resulting in Nagy’s execution on charges of treason two years later.

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active years end date

1955-04-18, 1956-11-04

active years start date

1953-07-04, 1956-10-24

birth date

1896-06-07

birth place

Austria-Hungary, Kaposvár

death date

1958-06-16

death place

Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic

nationality

Hungary

order in office

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary

party

Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, Hungarian Working People's Party, Hungarian Communist Party

successor

János Kádár, András Hegedüs