Ernö Gerö
Former Minister of Finance of Hungary
Ernő Gerő was a Hungarian Communist leader in the period after World War II and briefly in 1956 the most powerful man in Hungary as the leader of its ruling communist party. Wikipedia
Born: July 8, 1898, Trebušovce, Slovakia
Died: March 12, 1980 (age 81 years), Budapest, Hungary
Awards: Kossuth Prize
Spouse: Erzsébet Fazekas (m. 1936–1967)
Organization founded: Hungarian Communist Party
Previous offices: Minister of Interior of Hungary (1953–1954) and Minister of Finance of Hungary (1948–1949)