JANOS KADAR
(János József Kádár)
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János József Kádár was a Hungarian communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, His 32-year term went through two stages. First (1956–1962), he was a dictator who imposed an iron-fisted rule of Communist Party terror on Hungary. In stage two (1962–1988) he became a champion of liberal communism who focused on economic reform and softening of police state methods. Declining health and declining political mastery, led to his retirement in 1988.