László Piros
László Piros (10 May 1917 – 13 January 2006) was a Hungarian communist politician and military officer, who served as Interior Minister between 1954 and 1956.
László Piros | |
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| Minister of the Interior of Hungary | |
| In office 6 June 1954 – 27 October 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Imre NagyAndrás HegedüsImre Nagy |
| Preceded by | Ernő Gerő |
| Succeeded by | Ferenc Münnich |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1917 Újkígyós, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 13 January 2006 (aged 88) Szeged, Hungary |
| Political party | Hungarian Communist Party, Hungarian Worker's Party, MSZMP |
| Profession | politician |
Career
Piros was born in to an impoverished peasant family. He fought in the Second World War, but he was captured by the Soviets at Voronezh (January 1943). After that he took part in the antifascist movements. Piros worked as a partisan during the end of the war. He was a member of the Provisional National Assembly.[1]
Following the arrest of Gábor Péter, Piros led State Protection Authority (ÁVH) from 1953. As Interior Minister he reexamined the previous years' show trials.
During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 he left the country along with Ernő Gerő and András Hegedüs to the Soviet Union. Later he returned to home however with the request of János Kádár he was sent back to the Soviet Union and he eventually returned to Budapest in 1958.
From September 1958 he was chief engineer and from 1969 he director of the Pick Szeged salami factory. After his retirement in 1977 Piros served as chairman of the Csongrád County Council of Trade Unions for many years.[1]
References
- "Piros László". 2016-03-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2021-07-13.