State · 1949 – 1989
Hungarian People's Republic
A state of 1949 – 1989 — 40 years in Europe. It replaced Second Hungarian Republic. It was replaced by Hungary. The atlas records 9 things within it — unrest and atrocity 1 · treaties 1 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 40 years
- 1949 – 1989
- Rulers
- 5
- the De facto leader
- Most ground
- 91,800 km²
- in 1969
- Within it
- 9
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 6
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Second Hungarian Republic · replaces · 1946 – 1949
After it
- Hungary · replaced by · 1989 – present
Rulers
The leaders of its ruling party, read from English Wikipedia, List of de facto leaders of Hungary (1945–1989), revision 1377285828 - the line the atlas measures; its formal heads of state are listed with the government below.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mátyás Rákosi | 1949 – 1956 | 7 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Ernő Gerő | 1956 – 1956 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| János Kádár | 1956 – 1988 | 32 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Károly Grósz | 1988 – 1989 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Rezső Nyers | 1989 – 1989 | under a year | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1949 – 1989. Only 40 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 2 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Formal heads of state and heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Hungary, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Árpád Szakasits | 1949 – 1950 |
| Sándor Rónai | 1950 – 1952 |
| Mátyás Rákosi | 1952 – 1953 |
| István Dobi | 1952 – 1967 |
| Imre Nagy | 1953 – 1955 |
| András Hegedüs | 1955 – 1956 |
| Imre Nagy | 1956 – 1956 |
| János Kádár | 1956 – 1958 |
| Ferenc Münnich | 1958 – 1961 |
| János Kádár | 1961 – 1965 |
| Gyula Kállai | 1965 – 1967 |
| Jenő Fock | 1967 – 1975 |
| Pál Losonczi | 1967 – 1987 |
| György Lázár | 1975 – 1987 |
| Károly Grósz | 1987 – 1988 |
| Károly Németh | 1987 – 1988 |
| Miklós Németh | 1988 – 1990 |
| Brunó Ferenc Straub | 1988 – 1989 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
91,700 km² in 1954, 91,800 km² in 1989; at its largest 91,800 km² in 1969. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
.svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(1949-1956).svg.png)
flag, 1949 – 1956Flag of Hungary (1949-1956) · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Hungary_(1949-1956).svg.png)
coat of arms, 1949 – 1956Coat of arms of Hungary (1949-1956) · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Hungary_(1946-1949%2C_1956-1957).svg.png)
coat of arms, 1956 – 1957Coat of arms of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Hungary_(1946-1949%2C_1956-1957).svg.png)
flag, 1956 – 1957Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957) · Public domain 
flag, 1957 – 1989Flag of Hungary · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Hungary_(1957-1990).svg.png)
coat of arms, 1957 – 1989Coat of arms of Hungary (1957-1990) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19997 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Viktor Orbán · politician · 1963 – present
- Hungarian Revolution of 1956 · unrest · 1956
- Brunó Ferenc Straub · ruler · 1914 – 1996
- Pál Losonczi · ruler · 1919 – 2005
- Károly Németh · ruler · 1922 – 2008
- Antal Majnek · religious leader · 1951 – present
- Budapest Treaty · treaty · 1977
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood40 years
stood longer than 30% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held91,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 43% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 77 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1939 – 1999, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1969, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q16410 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.