Mátyás Rákosi

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Mátyás Rákosi [ˈmaːcaːʃ ˈraːkoʃi] (9 March 1892 – 5 February 1971) was a Hungarian communist politician. He was born Mátyás Rosenfeld in Ada (in present-day Serbia). He was the leader of Hungary’s Communist Party from 1945 to 1956 — first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party (1945–1948) and later holding the same post with the Hungarian Working People’s Party (1948–1956). As such from 1949 to 1956 he was the de facto ruler of Communist Hungary.

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active years end date

1953-07-04, 1956-07-18

active years start date

1952-08-14

birth date

1892-03-09

birth place

Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Ada Serbia, Bács-Bodrog County, Kingdom of Hungary

death date

1971-02-05

death place

Russia, Soviet Union, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

nationality

Hungary

order in office

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary, General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party

party

Hungarian Working People's Party, Hungarian Communist Party

religion

Atheism

successor

Imre Nagy, Ernő Gerő