Mátyás Rákosi
Former Acting Prime Minister of Hungary
Mátyás Rákosi was a Hungarian communist politician who was the de facto leader of Hungary from 1947 to 1956. He served first as General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1945 to 1948 and then as General Secretary of the Hungarian... Wikipedia
Born: March 9, 1892, Ada, Serbia
Died: February 5, 1971 (age 78 years), Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Spouse: Fenia Kornilova (m. 1942–1971)
Siblings: Dezső Rákosi, Ferenc Biró, Jolán Rákosi, and more
Previous offices: Acting Prime Minister of Hungary (1947–1947) and Acting Prime Minister of Hungary (1946–1946)
Place of burial: Farkasréti Cemetery, Budapest, Hungary
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