Hungarian Socialist Workers Party

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The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ( USAP ; Hungarian Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt , MSZMP for short ) was a political party in Hungary that existed from 1956 to 1989 .

The USAP was the legal successor to Magyar Dolgozók Pártja (MDP), the "Party of the Hungarian Working People", which existed from 1949 to 1956. It was founded by János Kádár in December 1956 after the bloody suppression of the Hungarian popular uprising .

In October 1989 the party was transformed into the “ Hungarian Socialist Party ” (Magyar Szocialista Párt, MSZP) and was subsequently given a social democratic character. The old communists, who did not agree with this reorientation, founded the communist -oriented "Hungarian Communist Workers' Party" (Magyar Kommunista Munkáspárt) under their chairman Gyula Thürmer .

Party congresses of the MSZMP

The party congresses began counting at the party congresses of the previous MDP or the previous Hungarian Communist Party MKP (Magyar Kommunista Párt) , so that the first party congress of the MSZMP on December 5, 1959 was counted as the 7th Party Congress. The party congresses between 1956 and 1989 took place as follows:

  • 05.12.1959: VII Party Congress
The party congress leads to a consolidation of Kádár's rule.
  • November 24, 1962: 8th Party Congress
  • December 3rd, 1966: IX. Party congress
For those on the IX. The economic reform adopted by the party congress also needs non-party experts, whom Kádár seeks to win with the motto “Whoever is not against us is for us”.
  • November 28, 1970: Xth Party Congress
The 10th party congress adopts a new party statute: deselection of functionaries in the event of “abuse of power” and “suppression of criticism”. The general secretary of the CPSU , Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev , recognizes Kádár's "course of the middle". Announcement of a new constitution with the upgrading of the functions of parliament (Országgyűlés) . A new electoral law allows every citizen to apply for a parliamentary seat.
  • March 22, 1975: XI. Party congress
The XI. The party congress confirms that the previous course of the middle has been maintained: the stability of the reformed Hungarian economy, which is adapted to the current conditions (global economy: energy crisis, domestic economy: labor shortage), is being recognized internationally on the tenth anniversary of economic reform. In the mid-1970s there was a cautious restriction of planning freedom, and in 1976 there were price increases.
  • 03/27/1980: XII. Party congress
  • 28.03.1985: XIII. Party congress
  • 06/07/10/1989: XIV Party Congress

Politburo of the Central Committee of the MSZMP

The highest governing body of the MSZMP was the Politburo of the Central Committee (ZK). The members were usually determined at the party congresses or partly during the plenary sessions of the Central Committee. The following personalities belonged to the Politburo between 1956 and 1989:

date Supreme governing body of the MSZMP Member
07/11/1956 11/07/1956
08/16/1962
Károly Kiss 		November
7th, 1956 October 12th, 1962
György Marosán 		November
7, 1956 December 3, 1966
Ferenc Münnich 		07/11/1956
22/03/1975
Lajos Fehér 		07/11/1956
22/03/1975
Gyula Kállai 		07.11.1956
27.03.1980
Antal Apró 		11/07/1956
03/27/1980
Béla Biszku 		07/11/1956
22/05/1988
Janos Kadar 		              8th
02/26/1957 February
26, 1957 September 28, 1965 †
Sándor Rónai 		February
26, 1957 December 3, 1966
Miklós Somogyi 		10
06/29/1957 June
29, 1957 March 27, 1980
Jenő Fock 		11
05.12.1959 December 5th,
1959 March 27th, 1980 Decső
Nemes 		12
08/17/1962   11
10/13/1962   10
11/24/1962 November 24, 1962 September 29, 1969
†
István Szirmai 		November 24, 1962 May 29, 1974
†
Zoltán Komócsin 		24.11.1962
22.05.1988
Sándor Gáspár 		13
09/29/1965   12
December 3, 1966 December
3rd, 1966 March 22nd, 1975
Rezső Nyers
(1st time) 		  11
09/30/1969   10
11/28/1970 November
28, 1970 March 28, 1985
Valéria Benke 		11/28/1970
05/22/1988
György Aczél 		11/28/1970
05/22/1988
Károly Németh 		13
05/30/1974   12
March 22, 1975 March
22, 1975 June 23, 1987
István Sarlós 		03/22/1975
05/22/1988
György Lázár 		03/22/1975
05/22/1988
László Maróthy 		22.03.1975
22.05.1988
Miklós Óvári 		13
March 22, 1975 July
2nd, 1975 March 27th, 1980
István Huszár 		07/02/1975
06/23/1987
Pál Losonczi 		15th
March 27, 1980     03/27/1980
03/28/1985
Mihály Korom 		March
27, 1980 March 28, 1985
Lajos Méhes 		27.03.1980
05.22.1988
Ferenc Havasi 		13
March 28, 1985 March
28, 1985 April 12, 1989
István Szabó 		03/28/1985
06/24/1989
Csaba Hámori 		28.03.1985
07.10.1989
Károly Grósz 		13
06/23/1987 June
23, 1987 April 12, 1989
János Berecz 		06/23/1987
04/12/1989
Judit Csehák 		13
May 22, 1988 May 22nd,
1988 October 7th, 1989
Rezső Nyers
(2nd time) 		May
22, 1988 October 7, 1989
Miklós Németh 		May
22, 1988 October 7, 1989
Imre Pozsgay 		    22.05.1988
12.04.1989
János Lukács 		22.05.1988
24.06.1989
Pál Iványi 		22.05.1988
24.06.1989
Ilona Tatai 		11
04/12/1989 04/12/1989
06/24/1989
Mihály Jassó 		04/12/1989
06/24/1989
Pál Vastagh 		    9
25.06.1989
07.10.1989 		          4th

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