Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

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The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the ruling communist party of Hungary during the Cold War, overseeing a one-party socialist state within the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party in Hungary
ruling party
alignedWith Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
surface form: Comecon
alliedWith Soviet Union
banned opposition parties
cameToPowerAfter Hungarian Revolution of 1956
surface form: 1956 Hungarian Revolution
controlled Hungarian Defence Forces
surface form: Hungarian People's Army

Hungarian government
planned economy of Hungary
state security services of Hungary
country Hungary
dissolved 1989-10-07
dominantPeriod Cold War
firstSecretaryTitle General Secretary
followedBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hungarian Socialist Party
founded 1956-10-31
governanceModel democratic centralism
governedFrom 1956
governedUntil 1989
headquartersLocation Budapest
ideology Marxism–Leninism
implementedPolicy central planning
collectivization of agriculture in Hungary
goulash communism
limited economic reforms in the 1960s
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
keyLeader Ferenc Münnich
János Kádár
Károly Grósz
languageOfName Hungarian
legalStatus sole legal party
lostPowerDuring fall of communism in Eastern Europe
memberOf Warsaw Pact political system
newspaper Pravda
surface form: Népszabadság
operatedIn Hungary
surface form: People's Republic of Hungary
partOf Eastern Bloc
politicalPosition far-left
precededBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
restricted freedom of assembly in Hungary
freedom of speech in Hungary
shortName MSZMP
stateStructure one-party socialist state
supportedBy Hungarian Revolution of 1956
surface form: Soviet military intervention in Hungary
transformedInto Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hungarian Socialist Party
usedSymbol hammer and sickle
red star
womenWing Hungarian Women's National Council
youthWing Communist Youth League of Hungary

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Károly Grósz affiliation Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party leadership
Communist Youth League of Hungary controlledBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Eastern Bloc regimes dominantParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party followedBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hungarian Socialist Party
MSZMP fullName Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt
MSZMP fullNameInEnglish Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian Women's National Council hadRelationshipWith Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
János Kádár leaderOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Ernő Gerő memberOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
Ernő Gerő memberOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Socialist Workers' Party of Hungary
Ferenc Münnich memberOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Political Committee
Imre Nagy memberOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
Imre Nagy memberOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
János Kádár memberOfPoliticalParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
János Kádár memberOfPoliticalParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
János Kádár memberOfPoliticalParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Hungary
Károly Grósz memberOfPoliticalParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Cominform memberOrganization Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
Communist Youth League of Hungary officialYouthWingOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian Women's National Council operatedInPoliticalSystem Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: socialist Hungary
Communist Youth League of Hungary politicalAlignment Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian ÁVH secret police politicalAlignment Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
subject surface form: Államvédelmi Hatóság
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People’s Party
Hungarian ÁVH secret police politicalAlignment Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
subject surface form: Államvédelmi Hatóság
this entity surface form: Hungarian Communist Party
Ferenc Münnich politicalParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
Ferenc Münnich politicalParty Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party precededBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
MSZMP precededBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Magyar Dolgozók Pártja
MSZMP precededBy Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
this entity surface form: Hungarian Working People's Party
Communist Youth League of Hungary subordinateTo Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian ÁVH secret police subordinateTo Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
subject surface form: Államvédelmi Hatóság
this entity surface form: Hungarian Communist Party leadership
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party transformedInto Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hungarian Socialist Party