János Kádár

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János Kádár was a Hungarian communist leader who, backed by the Soviet Union, led Hungary after the suppression of the 1956 revolution and dominated its politics for over three decades.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hungarian communist leader
communist politician
head of government
human
politician
alignedWith Warsaw Pact
birthDate 1912-05-26
birthName Giovanni Czermanik
János Csermanek
birthPlace Austria-Hungary
Fiume
Rijeka
cameToPowerAfter suppression of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
causeOfDeath illness
conflict Hungarian Revolution of 1956
countryOfCitizenship Hungary
deathDate 1989-07-06
deathPlace Budapest
Hungary
dominatedPoliticsOf Hungary
era Kádár era
ethnicGroup Hungarians
headOfGovernmentOf Hungary
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
implementedPolicy New Economic Mechanism in Hungary
leaderOf Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
maintained one‑party socialist state in Hungary
memberOfPoliticalParty Communist Party of Hungary
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Hungarian Working People's Party
name János Kádár
notableFor establishing the Kádár era in Hungary
introducing so‑called goulash communism in Hungary
leadership of Hungary after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
partOf Eastern Bloc leadership
positionHeld First Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
Prime Minister of Hungary
member of the National Assembly of Hungary
religion atheism
replaced Imre Nagy
residence Budapest
succeededBy Károly Grósz
supportedBy Soviet Union
timeInPower approximately three decades
workLocation Budapest

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