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Jenő Fock (1972)

Jenő Fock [ ˈjɛnøː ˈfok ] (born May 17, 1916 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; † May 22, 2001 there ) was a Hungarian communist politician and former prime minister.

Communist economist

Fock joined the Hungarian Communist Party in 1932 during the Horthy regime . During the Second World War he was imprisoned for his communist activities from 1940 to 1943.

After the founding of the People's Republic of Hungary on August 20, 1949, he was appointed Minister of Metallurgy from 1952 to 1954 as an economic specialist. After the suppression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956, he became secretary of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (USAP) in 1957 and then in 1961 Deputy Prime Minister. From 1957 to 1980 he is also a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee.

Prime Minister 1967 to 1975

On April 14, 1967, he succeeded Gyula Kállai as Prime Minister. During his tenure he tried in vain to introduce some market economy elements. However, these attempts failed because of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance . As a result, Fock finally had to resign on May 15, 1975 in favor of György Lázár .

1945 to 1947, 1958 to 1967 and 1971 to 1985 Fock was a member of the National Assembly . Later he was president of the "Association of Technical and Scientific Societies".

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)