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János Kádár

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János Kádár

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Also known as Janos Kadar, János Csermanek, János József Czermanik

former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

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János Kádár was the leader of Hungary's communist government for over three decades as General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. He is a significant figure in Cold War history because his rule shaped Hungary's political and social development during the communist era.

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Instance of
human
Given name
János
Gender
male
Citizenship
Hungary
Place of birth
Rijeka
Place of death
Budapest
Occupation
economist
Political party
Hungarian Communist Party
Languages spoken
Russian
Native language
Hungarian
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Order of the National Flag
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János Kádár (fototeca.iiccr.ro).jpg
Work location
Budapest
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János Kádár
date of birth
1912-05-26
date of death
1989-07-06
name in native language
Kádár János
birth name
Czermanik János József
place of burial
Budapest
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János József Kádár (né Csermanek; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989) was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to his retirement in 1988, and he died in 1989 after being hospitalized for pneumonia.

Kádár was born in Fiume in poverty to a single mother. After living in the countryside for some years, Kádár and his mother moved to Budapest. He joined the Party of Communists in Hungary's youth organization, KIMSZ, and went on to become a prominent figure in the pre-1939 Communist party, eventually becoming First Secretary. As a leader, he would dissolve the party and reorganize it as the Peace Party, but the new party failed to win much popular support.

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