Gyula KÃ¡llai

Gyula Kállai [ ka ː l ː ɟulɒ ɒ.i ] (born 1 June 1910 in Berettyóújfalu, Hajdú -Bihar, Hungary, † 12 March 1996 in Budapest) was a Hungarian communist politician and former Prime Minister.

Study and Minister

While still a student joined the Communist Party in 1931 Kállai. From 1939 to 1944 he worked as an editor and staff of the chief editor and later president Árpád Szakasits in the social democratic newspaper " Népszava ".

After the founding of the People's Republic of Hungary on August 20, 1949 Kállai was the successor of treason, sentenced to death László Rajk foreign minister. This office he held until 1951. Subsequently, he was arrested, imprisoned and rehabilitated in 1954.

After the 1956 Revolution he helped to restore the power of the Party of the Hungarian Working People (MDP ), which is then in Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ( USAP ) renamed. First, he was secretary of the Central Committee of the USAP He was also from 1956 to 1975 member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the USAP.

On November 4, 1956 Prime Minister János Kádár appointed him minister of culture. In the cabinet of Ferenc Munnich he was on 28 January 1958 to 1960, Minister of State. Then he was in the cabinet of Munnich and from September 13, 1961 in the second cabinet of Kádár Deputy Prime Minister and first Deputy Prime Minister.

Minister and Parliament Speaker

On June 30, 1965 Kállai was the successor of Kádár Prime Minister. However, a position he retained only until its replacement by the economic expert Jenő Fock on April 14, 1967.

Last Kállai was on April 14, 1967 to April 25, 1971 President of the National Assembly. Successor as President of the National Assembly was Antal Apró. In addition, he was also chairman of the Patriotic People's Front ( Hazafias Népfront ) 1957-1989, which was responsible for the conduct of the parliamentary elections.

The National Assembly, he was from 1954 to 1990 as deputy.

Publications

The trained journalist published 1943-1987 several works in Hungarian language. The book " The People 's Front Movement in Hungary" was released in 1979 and in English.

Sources and background literature

Kurzbiograhie in rulers.org
Report on the General Election 1971 ( PDF file, 16 kB)
List of Hungarian governments 1945-1989

Lasky, Melvyn J. (ed.): A White Paper. The Hungarian Revolution. The history of the October uprising as documents, reports, eyewitness accounts and the echo of the world public. Berlin 1958, p 64, p 97
Ritter, László: Hungary and The Warsaw Pact 1954-1989. Main Actors. 2003, page 2

Republic of Hungary (1918-1919): Count Mihály Károlyi | Dénes Berinkey

Hungarian Soviet Republic ( 1919): Sándor Garbai | Antal Dovcsák | Gyula Peidl | István Friedrich | Károly Huszár

State Hungary (1944-1945): Ferenc Szálasi | Béla Miklós ( in opposition) | Zoltán Tildy

Republic of Hungary (1946-1949): Ferenc Nagy | Lajos Dinnyés | István Dobi

Republic of Hungary (1918-1919): Mihály Károlyi | Dénes Berinkey | Ferenc Harrer

Hungarian Soviet Republic ( 1919): Béla Kun | József Pogány | Béla Kun | Péter Agoston

State Hungary (1944-1945): Gábor Kemény | János Gyöngyösi

Republic of Hungary (1946-1949): János Gyöngyösi | Ernő Mihályfi | Erik Molnár

Prime Minister (Hungary )
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary )
MDP Member
MSZMP Member
Hungarian
Born 1910
Died in 1996
Man

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