- Ernő Gerő
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nationality=Hungarian
order=General Secretary of theHungarian Workers' Party
term_start=July 18 ,1956
term_end=October 25 ,1956
predecessor=Mátyás Rákosi
successor=János Kádár
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birth_date=Birth date|1898|07|8|mf=yes
birth_place=Terbegec,Austria-Hungary
death_date=Death date and age|1980|03|12|1898|07|8|mf=yes
death_place=Budapest , Hungary
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party=Hungarian Communist Party ,Hungarian Workers' Party
profession= Ernő Gerő (born Ernő Singer) (July 8 ,1898 -March 12 ,1980 ) was a HungarianCommunist leader in the period afterWorld War II and briefly leader of Hungary in 1956.Gerő was born in Terbegec,
Hungary (nowTrebušovce ,Slovakia ) to Jewish parents, though he later totally repudiated religion. An early Hungarian communist, Gerő fled from Hungary to the Soviet Union afterBéla Kun 's brief communist government was overthrown. During his two decades living in the USSR, Gerő was an activeKGB agent. Through that association, Gerő was involved inComintern -- the international organization of communists -- in France, and also fought in theSpanish Civil War .Erno Gero was a member of the
High National Council between January 26, and May 11, 1945.In the November 1945 elections,
Hungary , theHungarian Communist Party , under Gerő andMátyás Rákosi got only 17% of the vote, compared to 57% for the Smallholders' Party. However, the Soviet Commander in Hungary, MarshalKliment Voroshilov installed acoalition government with Communists in key posts. The Communists took control in 1947, with Rákosi asPrime Minister (and effectivehead of state ). Rákosi's authority was undermined byKhrushchev 'ssecret speech denouncingStalinism , and he was forced to leave office on18 July 1956 , though he was able to designate fellow hardlineStalinist Gerő as his successor.Gerő was forced by the Soviet Politburo to resign on October 25, 1956, during the second day of the Hungarian Uprising, after being blamed for ineptly responding to the uprising. After being replaced by
János Kádár , Gerő fled to theSoviet Union . He remained in the USSR until 1961, when he returned toBudapest . Gerő worked in Budapest as an occasional translator until his death.
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