László Piros

László Piros


Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office 6 June 1954 – 27 October 1956
Preceded by	Ernő Gerő
Succeeded by	Ferenc Münnich
Personal details
Born	(1917-05-10)May 10, 1917 Újkígyós, Hungary
Died	13 January 2006(2006-01-13) (aged 88) Szeged, Hungary
Political party	Hungarian Communist Party, Hungarian Worker's Party, MSZMP
Profession	politician

The native form of this personal name is Piros László. This article uses the Western name order.

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.

Career

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.

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.

References

Az 1956-os Magyar Forradalom Történetének Dokumentációs és Kutatóintézete Közalapítvány

Political offices
Preceded by Gábor Péter	Head of State Protection Authority 1953–1956	Succeeded by office disestablished
Preceded by Ernő Gerő	Minister of the Interior 1954–1956	Succeeded by Ferenc Münnich

Ministers of the Interior of Hungary since 1848

Revolution of 1848	Szemere

Kingdom of Hungary	Wenckheim Rajner V. Tóth Szapáry K. Tisza Orczy Baross Teleki Szapáry Hieronymi Perczel K. Széll Khuen-Héderváry I. Tisza Kristóffy Andrássy Khuen-Héderváry Lukács Sándor Ugron J. Tóth Wekerle

Transition period	Batthyány V. Nagy Landler and Vágó Peyer Samassa Perényi Beniczky

Regency	Simonyi-Semadam Dömötör Ferdinandy Tomcsányi Ráday Klebelsberg Rakovszky Scitovszky Keresztes-Fischer Kozma Darányi J. Széll Keresztes-Fischer Jaross Bonczos Schell

Transition period	Vajna Erdei I. Nagy Rajk Kádár

Communist Hungary	Zöld Házi Györe Gerő Piros Münnich Biszku Pap Benkei I. Horváth Kamara I. Horváth Gál

Hungary	B. Horváth Boross Kónya Kuncze Pintér Lamperth Bajnai Gyenesei Varga Pintér

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