Imre Nagy (7 June 1896-16 June 1958) was Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary from 4 July 1953 to 18 April 1955, succeeding Matyas Rakosi and preceding Andras Hegedus, and from 24 October to 4 November 1956, succeeding Hegedus and preceding Janos Kadar.
Biography[]
Imre Nagy was born on 7 June 1896 in Kaposvar, Austria-Hungary. Nagy served in the Austro-Hungarian Army on the Eastern Front of World War I, and he served in the Red Army in the Russian Civil War after being freed from an Imperial Russian Army prisoner-of-war camp. Nagy was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a Soviet citizen, and he was an informant by the NKVD. After World War II, Nagy returned to Hungary, and he served as Minister of Agriculture under Bela Miklos. From 1953 to 1955, he was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary, but in 1956 popular demand led to him being reinstated after he was fired, and he led the Hungarian Revolution against the Soviet Union. He was given sanctuary in Yugoslavia's embassy as Red Army troops crushed the uprising, but he was captured while leaving and was hanged in June 1958.