Ferenc Erdei

Ferenc Erdei (24 December 1910 – 11 May 1971) was a Hungarian politician and sociologist, who served as Interior Minister in the unofficial interim government led by Béla Miklós. After the Soviet occupation of Hungary this cabinet took office officially, in March 1945.

Ferenc Erdei
Minister of the Interior of Hungary
In office
21 December 1944 (officially 27 March 1945) – 15 November 1945
Prime MinisterBéla Miklós
Preceded byGábor Vajna
Succeeded byImre Nagy
Minister of Agriculture of Hungary
In office
11 June 1949 – 4 July 1953
Prime MinisterIstván Dobi
Mátyás Rákosi
Preceded byIstván Csala
Succeeded byAndrás Hegedüs
In office
30 October 1954 – 15 November 1955
Prime MinisterImre Nagy
András Hegedüs
Preceded byAndrás Hegedüs
Succeeded byJános Matolcsi
Minister of Justice of Hungary
In office
4 July 1953 – 30 October 1954
Prime MinisterImre Nagy
Preceded byBéla Kovács
Succeeded byErik Molnár
Personal details
Born(1910-12-24)24 December 1910
Makó, Csanád County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died11 May 1971(1971-05-11) (aged 60)
Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic
Political partyNational Peasant Party
Professionsociologist, politician
The native form of this personal name is Erdei Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Communist period

Under communist rule, Erdei served as minister of agriculture in 1949–53. As such he was responsible for the "attic sweepings" and other coercive happenings and atrocities in the villages. In July 1953 he was appointed minister of justice.[1]

1956 Revolution

Erdei became a deputy prime minister during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and as such was one of the leaders of the Hungarian delegation who negotiated abortively with the Soviets. On 3 November he was arrested together with Minister of Defence Pál Maléter, but after some weeks Erdei was released after an intervention by János Kádár.[1]

Later posts

In 1957 he became secretary-general of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He received a Kossuth Prize twice, in 1948 and 1962. He was also secretary-general of the National Council of the Patriotic People's Front between 1964 and 1970.[1]

References
  1. Hungarian Biographical Dictionary (in Hungarian) Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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