1953
1953
8 Feb. The Presidential Council relieves Zoltán Vas as president of the national planning board and István Szirmai as president of Hungarian Radio.
9 March A Hungarian state and party delegation under the leadership of Mátyás Rákosi attends the funeral of J. Stalin (d. 5 March).
4 Apr. Publication of a literary anthology: under the title “Stalin, our liberator”.
17 May At parliamentary elections 98% of eligible voters attend the polls: 98.2%.vote for candidates of the Patriotic People’s Front.
27-28 June A session of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Workers’ Party reveals the basic faults in economic policy as well as in political matters, and in their implementation. It points to the absence of collective leadership and to the serious mistakes caused by the cult of personality and violation of democracy within the party. The central leadership reelects the Political Committee, and Mátyás Rákosi as first secretary. Members of the secretariat are elected: Mátyás Rákosi, Lajos Ács and Béla Vég.
3-4 July Parliament reelects István Dobi as president of the Presidential Council, and Imre Nagy chairman of the Council of Ministers. First deputy prime ministers: Ernő Gerő and András Hegedűs.
12 July Decree 10/1953 of the Presidential Council abolishes compensation to be paid by those who fail to hand in target yields, and cuts backdated yield compensation demands by 10%.
26 July Decree 1034/1954 of the Council of Ministers cancels the deportations ordered in 1951.
9 Aug. A decree from the Presidential Council allows small artisans to operate.
23 Aug. Inauguration of the People’s Stadium.
6 Sept. Decree 1047/1953 of the Council of Ministers cuts the price of about 10,000 items by 5-40%.
25 Nov. In London, the Hungarian football team defeat the English national squad 6:3.
