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Biography of János Kádár
Name: János Kádár
Birth Date: May 25, 1912
Death Date: July 6, 1989
Place of Birth: Lake Balaton, Hungary
Nationality: Hungarian
Gender: Male
Occupations: statesman, premier
János Kádár
Hungarian statesman and premier János Kádár (1912-1989) played a key role in his country's transition to a pro-Communist regime following the uprising of 1956. He was impressive in steering a middle course between total obedience to, and total independence from, the Soviet Union until the Hungarian economy faltered and he was removed from party power shortly before his death in 1989.János Kádár (original name János Csermanik) was born on May 25, 1912, in a small Hungarian village south of Lake Balaton, the largest lake in central Europe. After attending the village school, he was apprenticed to a toolmaker and was trained as a skilled mechanic.Under Communist InfluenceKádár began his political career at the age of 19 when he became a member of Hungary's then illegal Communist party in 1931. Said the New York Times in an article …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…instead the largely ceremonial post of party president. Even that was taken away in May 1989 when he was also removed from the Central Committee. The man who played such a key role in Hungary's transition died two months later in Budapest, on July 6, 1989.A secretive man who shunned social life--for instance, his wife never appeared at Budapest parties in the postwar years--Kádár was described by Time in 1956 as a man with "rough proletarian manners." An article in Life in 1957 characterized him as "dark, mysterious, and primitive." Associated Organizations Associated Events Hungarian Revolution, 1956 Further Reading Kádár's speeches and interviews were published in English as On the Road to Socialism (1965); some information on him appears in two books by Paul E. Zinner, National Communism and Popular Revolt in Eastern Europe (1956) and Revolution in Hungary (1962), and in Bennett Kovrig, The Hungarian People's Republic(1970).
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