Imre Nagy

Also known as Nagy Imre

Hungarian politician (1896-1958)

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Imre Nagy was a Hungarian politician who led the country during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, a uprising against Soviet control that was ultimately crushed by Soviet military intervention. He matters historically because his execution by the Soviet Union made him a symbol of Hungarian resistance to communist oppression and Soviet domination.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Imre
Family name: Nagy
Gender: male
Citizenship: Hungary
Place of birth: Kaposvár
Place of death: Budapest
Child: Erzsébet Nagy
Occupation: economist
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Hungarian
Conflict: World War I
Image: Imre Nagy portrait.jpg
Work location: Budapest

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place of burial: New Public Cemetery, Budapest
Commons category: Imre Nagy
date of birth: 1896-06-07
date of death: 1958-06-16
member of: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
manner of death: capital punishment
name in native language: Nagy Imre
cause of death: hanging to death
different from: Imre Nagy
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Personal details Born(1896-06-07)7 June 1896 Kaposvár, Somogy County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary

Died16 June 1958(1958-06-16) (aged 62) Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic

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