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Hungary's transition to a Western-style democracy was one of the smoothest among the former Soviet bloc. By late 1988, activists within the party and bureaucracy and Budapest-based intellectuals were increasing pressure for change. Some of these became reformist social democrats, while others began movements which were to develop into parties.
Hugo Gellert Self-Portrait, circa 1918. Hugo Gellert (born Hugó Grünbaum, May 3, 1892 – December 9, 1985) was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert created much work for political activism in the 1920s and 1930s.
Minister besides the Leader of the Nation of Hungary; In office 16 October 1944 – 27 March 1945: Personal details; Born 24 September 1895 Eperjes, Austria-Hungary: Died: 21 May 1980 (aged 84) Kitzbühel, Austria: Political party: Arrow Cross Party: Profession: politician, soldier
Hungarian Socialist Party logo pre-2022. The MSZP evolved from the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (or MSZMP), which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. By the summer of 1989, the MSZMP was no longer a Marxist–Leninist party, and had been taken over by a faction of radical reformers who favoured jettisoning the Communist system in favour of a market economy.
János József Kádár (/ ˈ k ɑː d ɑːr /; Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈkaːdaːr]; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years.
In 1974 he was appointed head of the Department of Agitation and Propaganda of the governing Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party. In 1979 Grósz was elected first secretary of the party committee of his home county. In 1984 he returned to national prominence as the head of the party committee in Budapest. At the next Party Congress in 1985, he ...
Pepper was a delegate of the Communist Party of America to the 5th Enlarged Plenum of ECCI, convened in March 1925, to which he delivered the report of the Information Department on 6 April 1925. At the 6th Enlarged Plenum of ECCI, held in February and March 1926, Pepper was made an alternate member of the Presidium of ECCI and returned to the ...
With Louis Hollander, he was a founder of ORT, chairman of the American Labor ORT, member of the central board of the World ORT Union, and vice president of the American ORT Federation. He was a founder and member of the JDC and a member of the Israel Bond Organization. [8] Held was a member of the Workmen's Circle. In 1913, he married Lillian ...