Rakosi, Matyas
Rakosi, Matyas ( 1892 – 1971 )Hungarian politician. He played an important role in the Hungarian communist revolution led by Béla Kun in 1919 . After four years in Moscow ( 1920 – 24 ), Rakosi returned to Hungary but was later arrested, to be released only in 1940 . In 1944 he became First Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party and during this time established a ruthless Stalinist regime. He was Prime Minister ( 1952 – 53 ). Opposition to his Stalinist policies led to his resignation as Party Secretary and return to the Soviet Union in 1956 . The brutality of his secret police contributed...
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