István Hidas (born István Háder, 29 September 1918 – 13 January 2002) was a Hungarian Communist politician.
Biography
Hidas was born in a working-class family and himself worked as an iron worker. He was a member of the social democratic youth movement from the 1930s and joined the
Social Democratic Party of Hungary
The Social Democratic Party of Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt, MSZDP) is a social democratic political party in Hungary. Historically, the party was dissolved during the occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany (1944–1945) ...
in 1939.
During the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
he joined the illegal
Hungarian Communist Party
The Hungarian Communist Party ( hu, Magyar Kommunista Párt, abbr. MKP), known earlier as the Party of Communists in Hungary ( hu, Kommunisták Magyarországi Pártja, abbr. KMP), was a communist party in Hungary that existed during the interwar ...
in 1943, became an member of the party's Buda committee and an active member of the Hungarian resistance.
After the war he worked as an instructor in various factories. From 1948 he was a member of the party committee of Budafok, from 1949 he worked in the
MÁVAG
MÁVAG (''Magyar Királyi Államvasutak Gépgyára''; ''Hungarian Royal State Railroads' Machine Factory'') was the largest Hungarian rail vehicle producer. MÁVAG company was the second largest industrial enterprise after the Manfréd Weiss Steel ...
. He was appointed secretary of the district party committee. In May 1950, he was elected a member of the Central Executive (KV) and the organizing committee of the
Hungarian Working People's Party
The Hungarian Working People's Party (, abbr. MDP) was the ruling communist party of Hungary from 1948 to 1956.
It was formed by a merger of the Hungarian Communist Party (MKP) and the Social Democratic Party of Hungary (MSZDP).Neubauer, John, a ...
(MDP). From June 1950 to November 1952, he served as secretary of the Budapest Party Committee. From May 1951 he became a member of the Political Committee (PB) and the Secretariat. From November 1952 to July 1953, he served as vice-president of the Council of Ministers.
In June 1953, he was one of the Hungarian delegates invited to Moscow by the Soviet government, in whose presence
Mátyás Rákosi
Mátyás Rákosi (; born Mátyás Rosenfeld; 9 March 1892 – 5 February 1971) was a Hungarian was sharply criticized. Hidas was a member of Parliament for the Hungarian People's Patriotic Front from 1953 to 1957. From 4 July 1953 to 1954 he was Minister of Heavy Industry and then Minister for Chemicals and Energy for a short time. From October 1954 he was again Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, 1956, he was first vice-president from 30 July to 24 October of the same year.
He was expelled from the political committee on October 23, 1956, during the beginnings of the Hungarian Revolution for being a member of the "Rákosi clique", and from the party on November 16, but was later reinstated after
János Kádár
János József Kádár (; ; 26 May 1912 – 6 July 1989), born János József Czermanik, was a Hungarian communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health le ...
became first secretary of the
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ( hu, Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt, MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working Peop ...
.
From June 1957 he worked for some time as head of department at the Ministry of Metallurgy and Mechanical Engineering until his retirement in 1974.