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Prime Minister Imre Nagy is head of the government, 27 October 1956. The new communist government of Prime Minister Imre Nagy was surprised by the rapidity with which the Hungarian Revolution extended from the streets of Budapest to all of Hungary, and the consequent collapse of the old Gerő–Hegedüs communist government.
Imre Nagy (/ ˈ ɪ m r ə ˈ n ɒ dʒ / IM-rə NOJ; [1] Hungarian: [ˈnɒɟ ˈimrɛ]; 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958) was a Hungarian communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (de facto Prime Minister) of the Hungarian People's Republic from 1953 to 1955.
However, Rákosi remained First Secretary of the ruling Hungarian Working People's Party, and he was ultimately able to use his influence to force Nagy out of office in April 1955. After the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution on 23 October 1956, Nagy was reinstated as prime minister the next day as a result of intense popular demand.
After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a communist country. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated. The events in Hungary were part of the Revolutions of 1989, known in Hungarian as the Rendszerváltás (lit. ' system change ' or ' change of regime ').
When Nagy appeared at last at 9 p.m., he started his speech by calling the people "comrades" and the crowd started to whistle and boo at the much-awaited speaker in protest against the word introduced under the Communist regime. [1] [2] Nagy promised reforms but called for the demonstrators to go home. Part of the crowd marched to the state ...
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 occurred barely three months later as a result of the abuses of Rákosi's system, and his former rival Imre Nagy became a dominant figure in the Revolution. Soviet troops ultimately crushed the uprising and installed a new Communist government under János Kádár.
Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 1st term: 4 July 1953 18 April 1955 1 year, 288 days I. Nagy I MDP: 26 (1953) 45 András Hegedüs (1922–1999) 18 April 1955 24 October 1956 1 year, 189 days Hegedüs MDP (44) Imre Nagy (1896–1958) 2nd term: 24 October 1956 31 October 1956 11 days I. Nagy II MDP→MSZMP–FKGP: 31 October 1956 3 November 1956 MSZMP: 3 ...
During the Hungarian Uprising, an estimated 20,000 people were killed, nearly all during the Soviet intervention. [citation needed] Imre Nagy was arrested and replaced by Soviet loyalist János Kádár as head of the newly formed Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt, MSZMP). Nagy was imprisoned until being ...