János Kádár
János József Kádár (/ˈkɑːdɑːr/; Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈkaːdaːr]; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian political leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party.
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.jpg) Kádár in 1977 | |
| General Secretary of the MDP/ MSZMP | |
| In office 25 October 1956 – 22 May 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Ernő Gerő |
| Succeeded by | Károly Grósz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | János József Czermanik 26 May 1912 Fiume, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 6 July 1989 (aged 77) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Political party | Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956–1989) |
| Other political affiliations | Hungarian Communist Party (1931–1949) Hungarian Working People's Party (1949–1956) |
| Spouse(s) | Mária Tamáska (m. 1949) |
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Kádár during his arrest in 1933
Kádár (left) and László Rajk, members of the Central Executive of the Hungarian Communist Party at the first national meeting of the MKP, May 1945
Kádár (fourth in the first row) at the 8th Congress of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (East Berlin, 1971)
Willi Stoph and Kádár in 1958
Leaders of the Eastern Bloc from left to right: Husák of Czechoslovakia, Zhivkov of Bulgaria, Honecker of East Germany, Gorbachev of the USSR, Ceaușescu of Romania, Jaruzelski of Poland and Kádár of Hungary (May 1987, East Berlin, East Germany)
János Kádár
Grab von János Kádár und seiner Ehefrau
