Ruler · 1888 – 1965

Árpád Szakasits

Lived 1888 – 1965; politician. President of the Republic of Second Hungarian Republic, 1948 – 1949.

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Lived: 1888 – 1965; 77 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Second Hungarian Republic
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the Republic

Second Hungarian Republic · the 3rd of 3 dated reigns · 1946 – 1949

Zoltán Tildy1946 – 1948

Mátyás Rákosi1946 – 1949

Árpád Szakasits1948 – 1949

left alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1948 – 1949 · 1 year · came to it aged 60

Came to it: appointed
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1949; they died in 1965

When President Zoltán Tildy was forced to resign, Szakasits was named his successor on 3 August 1948 as part of the final stage of the Communists' complete takeover of the country.

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