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Encyclopedia > Erno Gero
The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is Ernő Gerő.

Ernő Gerő (1898 - 1980) was a Hungarian Communist leader in the period after the Second World War.


Gerő was born in Hungary. He was involved in Comintern - the international association of communists - in France, and fought in the Spanish Civil War.


In the November 1945 elections, Hungary, the Hungarian Communist Party, under Gerő and Mátyás Rákosi got only 17% of the vote, compared to 57% for the Smallholders Party. However, the Soviet Commander in Hungary, Marshal Kliment Voroshilov installed a coalition government with Communists in key posts. The Communists took control in 1947, with Rákosi as Prime Minister (and effective head of state). Rákosi's authority was undermined by Khrushchev's secret speech denouncing Stalinism, and he left office on 18 July 1956, though he was able to designate Gerő as his successor.


Gerő was forced to resign during the events of the Hungarian Uprising. He was replaced by János Kádár and fled to the Soviet Union.


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1955, April 18. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History (391 words)
Mátyás Rákosi was replaced as first secretary of the Hungarian Workers (Communist) Party by Erno Gero, a first deputy premier.
Anti-Russian rioters won a concession in the replacement of Stalinist Erno Gero with János Kádár as head of the Hungarian Communist Party; the rioters pressed for further concessions.
As the revolt began to spread throughout the country, the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party promised to work for the withdrawal of Soviet troops as soon as the rioting ended, and Nagy appointed leaders of the illegal Smallholders’ Party to his cabinet.
USSR Hungary Revolt 1956 (799 words)
In Hungary, Mátyás Rákosi was ousted as party leader in July 1956 and replaced by Erno Gero.
But Gero was unable to contain the rising tide of unrest and discontent, which broke out into active fighting late in October, and appealed for Soviet help.
Gero called out the army, but many soldiers handed their weapons to the demonstrators and joined the uprising.
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