1967
1967
29 Jan. Decree 3/1967 of the government is published on child allowances to be provided until the age of 2.5 years.
2-4 Feb. J.B. Tito, president of Yugoslavia and the Association of Yugoslav Communists, pays a fraternal visit to Hungary.
25-31 Feb. János Kádar, first secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party Central Committee, travels to the Soviet Union.
6 March Zoltán Kodály dies.
19 March At parliamentary and council elections 98:8% of those eligible to vote attend the polls. 99.7% vote for candidates of the People’s Front.
14 Apr. The first session of Parliament elects the Presidential Council, the government and new parliamentary officials. President of the Presidential Council: Pál Losonczi. Prime minister: Jenő Fock. Speaker of Parliament: Gyula Kállai. Deputy prime ministers: Antal Apró, Lajos Fehér, Miklós Ajtai and Mátyás Tímár.
20-22 Apr. The first congress of cooperative farms in Budapest.
2-5 May Austrian chancellor Josef Klaus pays an official visit to Hungary.
3-6 May The 21 st trade union congress elects Béla Blaha as president of the Trade Union Council (SZOT) and Sándor Gáspár as general secretary.
18-19 May Under the leadership of Walter Ulbricht, first secretary of the GDR Central Committee, head of state, and prime minister Willi Stoph, a GDR party and government delegation visits Hungary. They sign a Hungary-GDR agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.
24-26 May A delegation of the Romanian Communist Party headed by N. Ceausescu, general secretary of the Central Committee, pays a fraternal visit to Hungary.
9 June Under the leadership of János Kádár a Hungarian party delegation conducts talks in Moscow.
12 June Hungary breaks diplomatic relations with Israel, which – on 5 June – opened a blitz attack without declaring war against Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
11-12 July Party and government leaders of the socialist countries hold talks in Budapest.
6-9 Sept. Under the leadership of L.I. Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, and A. N. Kosigyn, prime minister, a Soviet party and government delegation visits Hungary.
On 9 Sept. they sign a new Hungarian-Soviet agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.
10-14 Oct. Under the leadership of János Kádár, first secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party Central Committee, a delegation visits Czechoslovakia.
25-30 Nov. Hungarian prime minister Jenő Fock conducts talks in Moscow.
