Hungarian People's Republic Magyar Népköztársaság (Hungarian)
Status | Member of the Warsaw Pact (1955–1989) Satellite state of the Soviet Union
Capital | Budapest
Common languages | Hungarian
Government | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic
General Secretary |
• 1949–1956 | Mátyás Rákosi
• 1956 | Ernő Gerő
• 1956–1988 | János Kádár
• 1988–1989 | Károly Grósz
Head of State |
• 1949–1950 (first) | Árpád Szakasits
• 1988–1989 (last) | Brunó Ferenc Straub
Head of Government |
• 1949–1952 (first) | István Dobi
• 1988–1989 (last) | Miklós Németh
Legislature | National Assembly
History |
• Foundation | 20 August 1949
• Admitted to the United Nations | 14 December 1955
• Hungarian Revolution | 23 October 1956
• Economic Mechanism | 1 January 1968
• End of Communism | 23 October 1989