First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party

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The First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party was the top leadership post in Hungary's ruling communist party during the socialist era, effectively making its holder the country's most powerful political figure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf party leadership position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolishedAsResultOf democratic transition in Hungary ⓘ
end of communist rule in Hungary ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hungarian People's Republic ⓘ
associatedRegimeType people's democracy ⓘ
state socialism ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
authorityOver Hungarian state apparatus ⓘ
government policy in Hungary ⓘ
branch party leadership ⓘ
controls party apparatus of the Hungarian Working People's Party ⓘ
country Hungary ⓘ
countryGovernedDeFacto Hungary ⓘ
deFactoPowerStatus most powerful political figure in Hungary ⓘ
domain politics of Hungary ⓘ
endTime late 1980s ⓘ
equivalentOffice First Secretary of a ruling communist party ⓘ
governingSystemContext one-party socialist state ⓘ
governmentalRole de facto head of government ⓘ
de facto head of state ⓘ
hierarchicalLevel top leadership post ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War Europe ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
influencedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
isPositionOf head of the ruling party in Hungary ⓘ
languageOfTitle Hungarian ⓘ
nativeLabel Magyar Dolgozók Pártja első titkára ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Ernő Gerő ⓘ
János Kádár ⓘ
Mátyás Rákosi ⓘ
officeScope national ⓘ
officeType party first secretary ⓘ
partOf Hungarian Working People's Party ⓘ
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
politicalOrientation socialist ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization Hungarian Working People's Party ⓘ
powerBasis control of ruling communist party ⓘ
residenceCountry Hungary ⓘ
roleIn Hungarian Working People's Party ⓘ
seat Budapest ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by the party leadership ⓘ
startTime late 1940s ⓘ
subordinateTo Communist Party leadership in Moscow (political influence) ⓘ
successorOffice General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ⓘ
timePeriod socialist era in Hungary ⓘ
typeOfPower single-party executive leadership ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ernő Gerő → positionHeld → First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party ⓘ
First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party → nativeLabel → Magyar Dolgozók Pártja első titkára ⓘ
linked to: First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
Mátyás Rákosi → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party ⓘ
linked to: First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
Mátyás Rákosi → positionHeld → General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party ⓘ
linked to: First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party