Ruler · 1912 – 1989

János Kádár

Lived 1912 – 1989; politician. De facto leader of Hungarian People's Republic, 1956 – 1988. The atlas files them under Austria-Hungary.

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Lived: 1912 – 1989; 77 years
In office: 32 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Hungarian People's Republic
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

De facto leader

Hungarian People's Republic · the 3rd of 5 dated reigns · 1949 – 1989

Mátyás Rákosi1949 – 1956

Ernő Gerő1956

János Kádár1956 – 1988

Károly Grósz1988 – 1989

Rezső Nyers1989

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1956 – 1988 · 32 years

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

On 25 October 1956, Kádár was elected General Secretary.

János Kádár held power in Hungary until the "apparat coup" (which conducted by Mihail Gorbachev behind the scenes) in the spring of 1988, when he resigned under pressure as General Secretary in the face of mounting economic difficulties and his own ill health.

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