Ruler · 1892 – 1971

Mátyás Rákosi

Lived 1892 – 1971; politician. De facto leader of Hungarian People's Republic, 1949 – 1956; also in the line of Second Hungarian Republic. The atlas files them under Austria-Hungary.

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Lived: 1892 – 1971; 79 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

De facto leader

Hungarian People's Republic · the 1st of 5 dated reigns · 1949 – 1989

Mátyás Rákosi1949 – 1956

Ernő Gerő1956

János Kádár1956 – 1988

Károly Grósz1988 – 1989

1 after

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

Reigned 1949 – 1956 · 7 years

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

Rákosi was finally forced to resign in July 1956 and leave for the Soviet Union, replaced by his second-in-command Ernő Gerő.

Also in the line of Second Hungarian Republic (2nd of 3).

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