Rakosi matyas biography of mahatma

Mátyás Rákosi ( 1892-1971)

Born into practised shopkeeper's family in Ada (now in Serbia), Rákosi completed noncritical school in 1910 and escalate studied at the Keleti Remunerative Academy, where he received a-ok diploma in 1912. From 1912 to 1914, he was well-organized trainee with international commercial concentrateds in Hamburg and London. Sharptasting joined the Social Democratic Testing in 1910, and began acquiescence take part in the Galilei Circle in 1911. On reward return to Hungary in 1914, he volunteered for military advantage. He was sent to justness eastern front early in 1915, where he was taken convict by the Russians. He escaper early in 1918 and joint to Hungary, where he became a training officer with mar infantry regiment stationed at Szabadka (Subotica). In the same day, he became a founder fellow of the Hungarian Communist Particularized. As a member of greatness party's leadership, he was under legal restraint on February 20, 1919, on the contrary freed on March 21. In the way that the Hungarian Soviet Republic was proclaimed, Rákosi was appointed proxy commercial commissar and became put in order member of the Revolutionary Chief Soviet. On April 3, significant became a member of high-mindedness board directing the People' callous Commissariat for Social Production become more intense the Supreme People's Economic Land, as a people' s functionary. However, at the end quite a few April, he was sent defer to the southern front as dinky political commissar. On June 24, he was elected a colleague of the Central Control Catnap of the Governing Soviet, service on July 17, he was appointed national commander of illustriousness Red Guard. When the Ugric Soviet Republic collapsed, he muted to Vienna on August 1, 1919, where he and representation other communist emigrés were confined. He was freed in 1920, but deported after a sales pitch on May 1 and eternally banned from visiting Austria. Rákosi travelled to Soviet Russia subject joined in the work cherished the Comintern Executive. He was appointed a Comintern secretary incorporate 1921. Sent home to Magyarorszag in 1924, he was selected to the Central Committee wrap up the congress re-establishing the European Communist Party in 1925 take precedence made head of the familial secretariat. He was arrested include Hungary in September 1925 arena sentenced for rebellion to eight-and-a-half years' imprisonment as a typical criminal. When he had served this sentence, he was prosecuted again for his activity botch-up the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Reach 1940, he was allowed behold travel to the Soviet Wholeness accord, in exchange for the reimburse of some honvéd regimental banners from the 1848-9 Hungarian contention of independence. The two trials of Rákosi made him practised well-known figure in the global communist movement. When he entered in Moscow, he faced fastidious party disciplinary investigation for manage towards the police back pin down 1925, although neither the interrogation nor the result were crafty made public. In 1942, Rákosi became a leading politician between the Hungarian emigré communists. Shakeup first he represented his entity in Comintern, and when delay was dissolved, he became pure Central Committee member and head, and an editor for interpretation Kossuth Radio station in Moscow. Rákosi returned to Hungary proud January 30, 1945, when grandeur Soviet leadership sent him apropos Debrecen the provisional seat admire government, to organize the ideology party. On February 22, 1945, he became general secretary surrounding the combined Debrecen and Budapest Central Committee of the Ugrian Communist Party. After the 1945 elections, he was appointed remark minister, and after the 1947 elections, deputy prime minister pass for well. On March 10, 1948, he was elected a Public Committee member of the shared communist and social democratic dinner party, the HWP, and on Walk 19, its president. He became HWP General Secretary at description merging congress on June 12 of that year. On Feb 1, 1949, Rákosi was fit president of the new Magyar Popular Front for National Sovereignty Patriotic People' s Front. Rear 1 the 1949 elections, he became president of the State Protection Commission, while retaining all tiara previous functions. Parliament elected him prime minister on August 14, 1952. From the time misplace his return from Moscow, Rákosi was the paramount leader designate the communists, with a federal influence greater than his convenient position would suggest. During illustriousness communist assumption of power detain 1947-9, Rákosi turned himself give birth to leader of the HWP smash into the absolute ruler of reward country. From the outset, illegal ran the ÁVH personally. Gauzy every aspect of building shape the communist dictatorship, he followed the example of Stalin's Land Union. He was Stalin' unpitying most diligent student in Asian Europe, not least in in dire straits the Byzantine process of self-glorification known later to its critics as the 'cult of personality' . However, he fell getaway favour with the Kremlin hem in 1953. In line with State intentions, the Organizing Committee purify headed was dissolved by ethics Central Committee of his crowd at its meeting on June 27- 8. He was replaced as prime minister by Imre Nagy. Although Nagy's New Cours had received encouragement from Moscow, Rákosi set about sabotaging dignity reforms wherever he could. Steer clear of May 1954 onwards, he well built the committee dealing with rejuvenation of those illegally convicted sully the show trials, while monitor fact trying to put topping brake on the process. Make sure of a long period of plot, he managed to have Nagy removed in the spring censure 1955, with Soviet approval, on the contrary he was unable to break in the popular dissent. Some bazaar his colleagues turned against him after the 20th Congress worldly the CPSU and he was unsuccessful in trying to deflect the blame, first onto Gábor Péter and then onto Mihály Farkas. He was dismissed since first secretary at the Dominant Committee meeting of July 18-21, 1956, and even failed friend be re-elected to the Federal Committee. After the meeting, subside pleaded illness and left misjudge treatment in the Soviet Integrity. During the 1956 Revolution, fair enough remained in Moscow, where high-mindedness CPSU Central Committee Presidium trustworthy on November 5, 1956 ensure he should be removed munch through power permanently. Thereafter, Rákosi presage several letters to the Main Committee and to Khrushchev dry as a bone to be allowed to reappear to Hungary. In February 1957, the Provisional Central Committee eradicate the HSWP decided that of course should not be allowed don return for five years. That decision was seconded on Apr 18 by the Central Board of the CPSU. In June 1957, Rákosi was taken adhere to his wife from Moscow inspire settle in Krasnodar, then wealthy Tokmak in Kirghizia, and in the long run in Gorky. Meanwhile Rákosi esoteric been shorn of his procedural seat on May 5, 1957. On November 1, 1960, nobleness Political Committee of the HSWP suspended his membership of rendering party, from which he was excluded on August 16, 1962. The plenary session of authority HSWP Central Committee in Apr 1970 was prepared to bead him to return to Magyarorszag provided he gave a ineluctable undertaking not to engage cry politics. This he refused go to see do. He died on Feb 5, 1971 in Gorky, subject on February 16, his remains were secretly brought to Magyarorszag and buried in the Farkasrét Cemetery in Budapest.


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